Vera NazarianThe master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte.
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The master of the garden is the one who waters it, trims the branches, plants the seeds, and pulls the weeds. If you merely stroll through the garden, you are but an acolyte. This is a quotation from an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson on the power of self-reliance. We all seek to become self-reliant in some way or another.
However, many people are too passive when it comes to discipline. They allow others to do everything for them. The more they develop their own discipline, however, the better they will become at everything they do.
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