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Maybe Later
It’s easy to get so caught up in our work that time passes us by.

We imagine that we will be able to catch up later.

We tell ourselves that our loves ones, our health, and our dreams will be there when we are done.

We’ll pay attention to them later because our work needs us now.

Maybe we’ve got it all wrong.

Maybe our priorities are all mixed up.

What are we working for if not for our loved ones, our health, and our dreams?

MAYBE LATER
By Robert Van Valkenburgh
Meditations of a Gentle Warrior

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May 28, 2024

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Your Humanity
Be careful that you do not lose your humanity while chasing your dreams.

It is okay to be driven.

It is okay to have goals.

It is okay to work hard and to make sacrifices.

But some things, once lost, cannot be earned back.

How you get where you are going matters.

There is more to life than what you accomplish.
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February 24, 2024

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The Illusion of Safety
You can still lose by playing it safe.

You can avoid risks for your whole life and still fail.

In fact, by making the decision to not put yourself out there, to not take a chance, and to not go after whatever dreams you have, you are guaranteeing that you cannot succeed.

If you know what you want, the only thing stopping you is fear.

If you are waiting for the fear to go away, it never does.

If you are waiting for the perfect time or opportunity, it will never come.

The fact that you have a dream is a gift in itself.

Do not trade your dreams for the illusion of safety.
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January 20, 2024

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Their Fears
The people who doubt you often feel the same way about themselves.

They do not believe in their own potential.

Or they have sold out their own dreams in the name of practicality.

People who have faced and overcome their fears do not instill fear in others.

People who have followed their dreams do not dissuade others from doing the same.

When someone doubts your ability to succeed at something, consider the fact that they may have had the same or similar aspirations, but were too frightened to follow through on them.

Their fate does not have to be yours.

You do not have to let fear rule over you.

Live a life you are proud of.

Even if you fail, at least you will have failed doing something you believed in, instead of failing to try at all.

The fears and limitations of others do not have to become your fears and limitations.

You get a say.

Courage gets a say.
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December 15, 2023

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What You Can
It is okay to dream beyond your means.

Doing so can give you the hope and motivation you need to work toward a better life.

You do not have to stay where you are.

Nor do you have to accept the life you have been given as your fate.

But is also okay to simply do what you can, in this moment, with what you have.

If aspiring beyond what you can do now causes you stress, frustration, or despair, it is not useful to do so.

As long as you are making progress by doing what you can, there is no sense in making yourself feel bad for what you cannot.
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December 9, 2023

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