Arv' Musings

Excuses are easier than sweating. We blame the culture, the fast food companies, the government, the schools, corn, our spouse, and our parents, but nothing changes until you look in the mirror and say loudly: I am who I am because of the choices I have made.

When you put a piece of bread into your mouth, chew only your bread and not your projects, worries, fears, or anger.

And if the traveler is fortunate - that is, if the path is complex and profound enough - the destination is two miles farther away for every mile he or she travels.

If 40 hours are not enough, I don't think 80 is the answer. Or if 80 is the answer, I want to find a different answer.

People don't want what you make. They want what it will do for them. They want the way it will make them feel.

We are told to get a good job so that we can buy a house and a car. Again and again we are told to do one thing only so that we can get something else. We spend our lives stretches on an iron rack of contingencies.

Working to fulfil someone else's needs or dreams almost always catches up with you.