Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.

Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.

Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf

Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters-or you're just fooling around.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

And our dreams are who we are.

Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Thinking about swimming isn't much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away. The defense force inside of us wants us to be cautious, to stay away from anything as intense as a new kind of action. Its job is to protect us, and it categorically avoids anything resembling danger. But it's often wrong. Anything worth doing is worth doing too soon.