Everything is an oversimplification. Reality is messy and complex.
The question is whether it is a useful simplification.
Know the limitations of an idea and you can apply it to great effect—despite the messiness of reality.
— James Clear
- Do You Count Dunkin’Prosing in StarbucksNo dirty coffee shops hereDo you count Dunkin — J Redel haiku Do You Count Dunkin’
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- When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone of Your PastWhen you rise, kiss the tombstone of your past and step barefoot into the garden of the future… — Maria Popova from poem How to Change Your Life
- Then You Must Know About GriefTell it this way: depression is the 30cm nail driving into the walls. If you ever read about Plath… ever tended a garden it grew so wild to swallow… Read more: Then You Must Know About Grief
- So I Dated Unsuitable MenSo I went back to an old lover To get over you. But it turned outHe didn’t want me. So I dated unsuitable menAnd went unsuitable places. I behaved… Read more: So I Dated Unsuitable Men