As Ye Sow...

William James described habit as the foundational force of human life and society in an 1890 treatise.

What Gorgeous Thing

Crows as Cheerful as Saints

Not Doing, But Consuming

The irony: the more we consume, the emptier we are.

One of the most difficult lessons to learn in life, because it is counterintuitive, is that if some is good, more may well be worse, even much worse. The whole of the American consumer advertising industry is dedicated to helping us forget that lesson, if we were ever smart enough to learn it.

Peak Absurdity

So Don't Wait

"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Want Some Good Advice?

And here are two more: avoid people who constantly disturb your peace of mind, and stop trying to fix people who don't want to be fixed.