An ordinary mirror is silvered at the back but the window of the night train has darkness behind the glass. My face and the faces of other travellers were now mirrored on this darkness in a succession of stillnesses. Consider this, said the darkness: any motion at any speed is a succession of stillnesses; any section through an action will show just such a plane of stillness as this dark window in which your seeking face is mirrored. And in each plane of stillness is the moment of clarity that makes you responsible for what you do. .Russell Hoban
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A lot of people hate their job and wish they didn’t have to go to work. However, it is the only option they have. To those who have been given a task by a higher power, there is no choice but to carry out that task. There is no other way.
Deciding on what you want in life and making a plan to achieve those goals does not have to be something that you do alone. It is never too late to start on your goals and dreams, but the sooner you start, the sooner you will reap the benefits of your efforts. There is no better time than now to make an effort at improving yourself, but the moment you decide to start, each day can be filled with progress.
We cannot change the past but we can change our future.
Source: The Medusa Frequency
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