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Don't wait

What possible value could there be in *waiting* to be happy? 🤦🏻

Don't wait
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Every now and again, my Richard Carlson page-a-day calendar makes me sit up and listen.

Like this one. It seems so obvious—too obvious, even—and then you slow down and realise how right it is:

(You're looking at next year's, now.)

What possible value could there be, in waiting to be happy?

When all you get, is Now.

💝

Giles

p.s. I remember listening to a brilliant audio programme, years ago—Conquering Procrastination, it was called—where this insidious little practice was referred to as ‘procrastinating on living’. 😙👌

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