Having a long term goal provides a catalyst for motivation at every waking moment.
Poetry depends on being simultaneously opaque and transparent. It can't be only one or the other. The pebble and the pool.
As you move through life, set aside good ideas and give them to others to encourage and inspire.
Dreaming illustrates your hidden capacities and your unawakened ability.
Life is not a dress rehearsal - every day is opening night.
You must accept that you can change and that a pattern of principles adhered to and used repeatedly will not only direct your life, but change it permanently.