Friday roundup and commentary
"And like planting a tree, the best time to start is right now."
Correction: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. Right now is the SECOND best time.
[winking face emoji]
I can't come up with a teaching fable on the loss of patience. I can only shamelessly adapt Oscar Wilde's epigram.
"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
Those in a hurry know the length of everything but figuring out the value takes too damn long.
The instant ramen "restaurant" is a thing here in NYC:
https://inoodlefactory.com/
The meditations on incrementalism and waiting seem related. I wager that most of us know places that have endured singularly through the constant traffic of change. These places seem "to wait" for our recurring delight in their perseverance.
"And like planting a tree, the best time to start is right now."
Correction: The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. Right now is the SECOND best time.
[winking face emoji]
I can't come up with a teaching fable on the loss of patience. I can only shamelessly adapt Oscar Wilde's epigram.
"The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."
Those in a hurry know the length of everything but figuring out the value takes too damn long.
The instant ramen "restaurant" is a thing here in NYC:
https://inoodlefactory.com/
The meditations on incrementalism and waiting seem related. I wager that most of us know places that have endured singularly through the constant traffic of change. These places seem "to wait" for our recurring delight in their perseverance.