My dad said,
“I was going to buy Microsoft stock when I was 29, but your mother wouldn’t let me.”
“I don’t remember that,” she said.
Well, he never bought the stock.
In high school,
I took risks that were out-of-character
and a girl told me,
“You’re not a risk taker.”
She was wrong.
I depend on my routines
because the world goes around
like beer-drinking golfers
on the course.
Self-knowledge
is dangerous
because
when we figure that out
we see the limits
of our universe.
If you don’t know yourself
you are probably in deep space
and deep shit
The life you choose to live
is as big as you want it to be.
This is how to be free:
walk in faith.
A gambler has to believe…
by trusting his gut
to give up control
and
he wins
or loses
He lets it all go
so he can weigh
his regrets
at the end
of life.
Without any risks
his horse never leaves the start
and it gets fat
with worry
while his jockey
has no use for his jockstrap
and he has to watch the race
in the stands
while he sits down.
If the priest ever tells you
that gambling is a sin
because it has destroyed families
ask him
about the winners.
Men who don’t gamble
never win
and they lose
over, and again
out of fear.
According to psychologists
losing,
far out-weighs
the feeling of winning
but a life without victories
is a god who never uses his power
and isn’t quite sure
if
he is a god.
Interesting stuff. What is victory to a god?
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Good question!
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