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Your worst enemy will critique your flaws, question your motives, and they will most always find something you could do better. They will be quick to doubt you and slow to accept you. They will minimize your success and heighten your failures. Your worst enemy will never believe your good is "good enough." They will key in on your weaknesses, never letting you get too comfortable.
They will undermine your true ability until you prove otherwise. Your worst enemy will push you to your limit, often testing your true character. And if you've any character worth having at all...your worst enemy will be you. Your worst enemy should always be you.
I'm a firm believer that "actions speak louder than words." But sometimes words don't need to be loud in order to be heard. Sometimes a few subtle words resinate with us better. A kiss on the forehead might show you that you're loved, but a million kisses could never trump hearing the words for the first time. Actions are truth, but words are proof. Words are powerful.
F. Scott Fitzgerald could put me to tears with how beautifully he writes. It's not so much the eloquence, but rather his effortless ability to explain exactly how I'm feeling. He once said, "All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath." We all have so much to say, but how do we find the words? How does he? But most importantly, using so few of them. I suppose thanks to him—we don't have to.
Jake Bugg gives contemporary music hope.
I'm terrified of the stagnant.
