May I seek first thy kingdom and its righteousness.
May I value things in relation to eternity.
May my spiritual welfare be my chief solicitude.
May I be poor, afflicted, despised and have thy blessing, rather than be successful in enterprise, or have more than my heart can wish, or be admired by my fellow-men, if thereby these things make me forget thee.
May I regard the world as dreams, lies, vanities, vexation of spirit, and desire to depart from it.
And may I seek my happiness in thy favor, image, presence, service.
Desires, The Valley of Vision
Why do I think I know what’s best when my father knows what I need before I even ask? This is what will bring him the most glory and this is what’s best.
I need nothing more.
Or, here’s an idea: stop practicing the (worthless) SAT and spend some time investing in things that you care about. People seem to like people that are passionate about something.
And quit idolizing the Ivy League. How many people have gone on to contribute to society without a BS degree (Double entendre! We learn those at public university, too!) from Harvard, MIT or Princeton?
I seem to have lost count. Hmm, maybe I should’ve gone to an Ivy.
There’s a reason you don’t spell success as s-t-a-t-u-s.
That kind of thinking creates the current educational crisis we have on our hands today.
| B: | What time are you gonna be thurr? |
| VanWyk: | prolly ate |
| VanWyk: | talk to some fly honies |
| B: | word |
| B: | lol |
| B: | I read "honies" like "ponies" |
| VanWyk: | i like my honies like i like my ponies |
| VanWyk: | little and mine |
Oh my warriors, whither would you flee? Behind you is the sea, before you, the enemy. You have left now only the hope of your courage and your constancy.
Remember that in this country you are more unfortunate than the orphan seated at the table of the avaricious master. Your enemy is before you, protected by an innumerable army; he has men in abundance, but you, as your only aid, have your own swords, and, as your only chance for life, such chance as you can snatch from the hands of your enemy. If the absolute want to which you are reduced is prolonged ever so little, if you delay to seize immediate success, your good fortune will vanish, and your enemies, whom your very presence has filled with fear, will take courage. Put far from you the disgrace from which you flee in dreams, and attack this monarch who has left his strongly fortified city to meet you. Here is a splendid opportunity to defeat him, if you will consent to expose yourselves freely to death. Do not believe that I desire to incite you to face dangers which I shall refuse to share with you. In the attack I myself will be in the fore, where the chance of life is always least.
Remember that if you suffer a few moments in patience, you will afterward enjoy supreme delight. Do not imagine that your fate can be separated from mine, and rest assured that if you fall, I shall perish with you, or avenge you.
