Form your own path, never follow in the footsteps of others, or allow others to follow in your footsteps. Never allow anyone or anything, or anything, including religion or society to tell you how you should think, what you should believe, or how you should feel.
Never feel as if you are a failure, and never judge your success or accomplishments based against someone else; everybody is put here on Earth for a reason, but few, if any, know what that reason is. Never allow yourself to succumb to greed; as long as you have the things you need, you have enough.
Don’t waste your time, money, or energy on excess or unnecessary possessions for which serve little or no purpose. If you are presented with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, take it; if you discover something previously unknown to the world, share it.
Never suffer or apologize for your art, but instead embrace and cherish your creativity. Every day is a gift, use your time wisely and never stop learning, creating, living, or exploring.
Learn to take care of yourself as nobody else in life is ever going to take care of you. Your life is yours and yours alone, and it’s up to you to decide what to do with it.
It’s very right that we shouldn’t follow what others did. We should pave our ways on own.
Interesting thoughts, in the society we live in, people only follow fashion prototypes or their favorite artists, which does not allow us to have an identity of our own and makes us a copy of the same.
Never follow in the footsteps of others, or allow others to follow in your footsteps. Never allow anyone or anything, or anything, including religion or society to tell you how you should think, what you should believe, or how you should feel. This is so apt
I agree but not completely. By all means follow your own path but the thing about that is we all start from zero. This is where models and teachers come in. I guess what I am trying to say is we cannot always do it alone.
I wish I had know this while i was young, thing would have been different. Now i am wiser and my advice to most is do what’s best for you.
Very good advice, If I had known this when I was younger I could have avoided wasting time and I would have took better decitions.
Thank you for this. I really need this kind of encouragement at the moment.
Wise words from a wise man. I agree that we were all put here for a reason and must follow the path that’s most meaningful and fulfilling.
I always say it that it is only the wise that can understand this. Thanks for sharing this Tom.
This is apt. Don’t waste your time, money, or energy on excess or unnecessary possessions for which serve little or no purpose
We tend to spend our time on things that only satisfy us immediately not thinking of the future. This should change this year.
Wow, this is some powerful advice on life. I wish I had read it much earlier.
We only have one life to live. We should make the most out of it!
We should never allow society to dictate our beliefs. I am in total agreement with that.
I like that you included your dog with this. It’s a nice touch.
Following others blindly is a recipe for disaster. We ought to forge our own path.
You should do an audio version of this. It’s just so inspiring!
You are a prolific writer Tom. I am glad I discovered your work
Material things have never brought true happiness. All contentment roots from the heart.
Never apologize for your art. I couldn’t have said that better.
In life, mistakes shouldn’t bring us down. Instead we should learn from them and better ourselves.
There’s a difference between living and existing. This short piece teaches us how to stop existing and start living!