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Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith

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I don't know who said it, but the quote is:

"Do not disparage those who have less than you,
Or envy those who have more than you,
In the end we all are dead."
 
Choose carefully your words, for once cast upon the sea of humanity, they may oft be
misread, but never retrieved.

-yours truly
 
Preparedness
BY EDWIN MARKHAM


For all your days prepare,
And meet them ever alike:
When you are the anvil, bear—
When you are the hammer, strike.
 
Richard Cory was written by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich—yes, richer than a king—
And admirably schooled in every grace:
In fine, we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.
 
It's the little Fox that get the grapes and ruins the vineyard. Solomon.
Don't let the little things steal your joy from this wonderful life.
 
Spend as little time as possible worrying about things you cannot change

One of the most underrated skills is the ability to cope

If you want to get to a particular destination, the first step is being honest about where you are

There is always someone who knows more than you, and someone who could gain from what you know
 
"Everything you can imagine is real." - Pablo Picasso

I recently found that one, and love it. So succinct, yet empowering. Also a little scary.

Also, "Whether you think you can, or you think you can't- you're right." - Henry Ford.
 
One of my favorites. . .

Leonard Church

"No matter how bad things seem--- "

"They could be worse."

"Nope. No matter how bad they seem, they can't be any better, and they can't be any worse, because that's the way things fucking are, and you better get used to it, Nancy. Quit yer bitching."
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JMJones said:
Preparedness
BY EDWIN MARKHAM

For all your days prepare,
And meet them ever alike:
When you are the anvil, bear—
When you are the hammer, strike.
Click to expand...

Also by Markham: Outwitted

He drew a circle that shut me out--
Heretic, a rebel, a thing to flout.
But Love and I had the wit to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!
 
When you come to a fork in the road, take it.......Yogi Berra. :D
 
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“Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.”

― Mark Twain
 
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things he possesseth. Luke 12:15
 
Haters gonna hate.

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Old-school, new-school, hammer-jockey, spark-maker, machinist mangler, whatever. Ain't nobody who can tell you what to do, and ain't nobody who can tell ye how to do it. We all figure it out for ourselves, or just fade away. ;)
 
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