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Don't
become a victim of yourself. Forget about the thief waiting in the alley; what
about the thief in your mind? It
is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens,
happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts. You
say, "The country is messed up." That's like cursing the soil and the
seed and the sunshine and the rain, which is all you've got. Don't curse all
you've got. When you get your own planet, you can rearrange this whole deal.
This one you've got to take like it comes. Walk
away from the 97% crowd. Don't use their excuses. Take charge of your own life. Take
advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said,
"Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master." You
must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change
yourself. That is something you have charge of. You don't have charge of the
constellations, but you do have charge of whether you read, develop new skills,
and take new classes. Your
paycheck is not your employer's responsibility, it's your responsibility. Your
employer has no control over your value, but you do. |
