You need to do this
You need to do that
You need to do the other
The dispensed wisdom of others — as genuinely meant as it may be — can only muddle up the brain of someone searching for it
The solution?
Different for each person
For me, it’s take what everyone says to heart, and try a little bit of what they say
Write a bit more per day
Draw a bit more per day
What feels right, I’ll do more of
What doesn’t, I won’t
As there are hundreds of paths to take to your end goal, what one person says works for them won’t work for you
You have to find your own
But you have to learn from others too
And combine it with what you feel to be true to yourself
Through that, you’ll develop your own wisdom
And what’s wisdom but learned habits and learned thoughts and learned emotions?
The point is learned, not dictated
I will take what people to say to heart
And I will try and follow what they say
Because what they say has value
But only when combined with what I can bring to the table
So my sole hope is that, when all is said and done
Someone will then find value in what I can bring
As I found value in what they brought
And the circle of trust will continue
This post is a tribute to Dave Trott
And it fits my 250 word count perfectly
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