The basic thing is, how frightened are you of chaos? And how happy are you with order?

Philip K. Dick
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The basic thing is, how frightened are you of chaos? And how happy are you with order? This quote is a good piece of advice. It is very easy to get caught up in the moment and lose sight of what’s really important. In the end, there is only one answer to all questions: how happy are you with order? The best way to be happy with order is to accept that the world as it is now isn’t going to change overnight. You can’t force anything to be different from what it is now.

You can ask for change, but there’s no guarantee that change will happen. If it doesn’t happen for you, then you might as well be happy with what you have right now.

Source: Philip K. Dick: The Last Interview And Other Conversations

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