Conventional wisdom tells us “Don’t put the cart before the horse”, and yet the Soul knows that horses are sentient beings; beings to be respected and cared about — never to be forced to go anywhere they do not wish to freely go …
Conventional wisdom says “Don’t wash your dirty laundry in public”, and yet the Soul knows that Love cleanses all our linens even while they are worn …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Early to bed & early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise”, and yet the Soul knows that Life means nothing at all unless our eyes – and our Hearts — are fully open in the hours we are already awake …
Conventional wisdom tells us “Easy come, easy go”, and yet the Soul knows — all that is easily attained is already lost before it is ever acquired …
Conventional wisdom tells us “Every man for himself, and may the Devil take the hindmost”, and yet the Soul knows that the “demons” only takes those who flee first, and that it is their own cowardice that ultimately proves to be their taking …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Failing to plan is planning to fail”, and yet the Soul knows otherwise — that to plan for the future is always to fail in the present …
Conventional wisdom tells us that “Every stick has two ends”, and yet the Soul reminds us that every stick also has only one Center …
Conventional wisdom tells us to “Fight fire with fire”, and yet the Soul reminds us that in every single conflict, it is the fighting itself that IS the fire …
Conventional wisdom says “Finders, keepers … Losers, weepers”, and yet the Soul knows that the only thing worth keeping is the thing that need never be found; that the only thing worth keeping is the desire to Give everything away …
Conventional wisdom says “First come, first served”, and yet the Soul knows that serving others is our only true Arrival …
Conventional wisdom says “Forewarned is forearmed”, and yet the Soul knows a very different Truth — that forewarned is actually fully misled …
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