SMOKE & MIRRORS... and the art of critical thinking

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Ivy on a Castle Wall

Douglas J Boggs
Jun 21
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…in her words:

"Don’t prioritise your looks my friend, as they won’t last the journey.

Your sense of humour though, will only get better with age.

Your intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.

Your ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.

Your capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.

Your desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.

Your instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.

Don’t prioritise your looks my friend,

they will change forevermore, that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.

Prioritise the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.

These are the things which will only get better."

Judy Dench

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Randall Stephens
Jun 21

I have a similar, though shorter, and shallower, quote.

"If you're pretty, you're pretty; but the only way to be beautiful is to be loving. Otherwise it's just 'congratulations about your face.'" John Mayer.

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