This morning I went to the dentist. Her conclusion?
“I’ll see you next week.”
Once is selddom enough, for anything, so next Monday I will make my fifth visit to her in three weeks.
That’s life; it is seldom one and done. Most things are a process, and that is okay because we get to good places by steps. I’m glad to have dental care. I am glad I can take steps, to have good teeth.
This morning, when I was painting the house, a small branch from a bush near where I was painting got caught in my brush, then sprang away, slapping me upside the face with paint.
I went in the house, washed off the paint, and went back at it. I got more paint on me, but now the house — it looks great!
I advise you to quit infrequently and to give up inconsistently.
Why?
Because life is tough, and so we must be tougher.
My neighbor is in the hospital. His daughter told me this morning they had to cut off some of his toes because of an infection. That’s no fun. It sucks, for him.
But, I expect to see him at home again soon. He is surgery man, one after another, and yet I see him again and again after being cut up, out in the neighborhood, jogging, or walking. And if he can’t walk this time, he can drive the Corvette he has waiting for him in his garage.
Life sucks, and then it doesn’t. There is hard, and then there is good. Get used to it.
If you perish, revive. If you die, rise from the dead. Life will kill you many times before it does. I suggest you get used to rising from the dead.
Life is tough.
Be tougher.
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For more thought on being tough, check out my proverbs on toughness at http://www.modernproverbs.net
Thrive! 