Do You Have The Courage For It?

Your Fears Are Not Walls, But Hurdles.

You Are Rich If You Have Enough Money To Satisfy All Your Desires. So There Are Two Ways To Be Rich: You Earn, Inherit, Borrow, Beg, Or Steal Enough Money To Meet All Your Desires; Or You Cultivate A Simple Lifestyle Of Few Desires; That Way You Always Have Enough Money.

Moderation? It's Mediocrity, Fear, And Confusion In Disguise. It's The Devil's Dilemma. It's Neither Doing Nor Not Doing. It's The Wobbling Compromise That Makes No One Happy. Moderation Is For The Bland, The Apologetic, For The Fence-sitters Of The World Afraid To Take A Stand. It's For Those Afraid To Laugh Or Cry, For Those Afraid To Live Or Die. Moderation...is Lukewarm Tea, The Devil's Own Brew.

So Be Gentle With Yourself; Show Yourself The Same Kindness And Patience You Might Show A Young Child - The Child You Once Were. If You Won’t Be Your Own Friend, Who Will Be? If, When Playing An Opponent, You Are Also Opposing Yourself, You Will Be Outnumbered.

My Parents, Like Others Of "the Greatest Generation" Who Lived Through The Great Depression And World War Ii, Wanted To Provide The Best Possible Life For Their Children. My Mother And Father Both Attended College But Dropped Out To Earn A Living During The Depression, Working The Rest Of Their Lives At Blue-collar Work.