Dig one hole. Dig it deep.
The psalmist did not say, “Two things have I desired…”
“If you put sincere effort in one place, the gold in the stone will break for you.”
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Tag Archives: commitment
Heart’s desire
Our heart’s desire is for one thing, not many things. Dig one hole. Dig it deep.
Fidelity
Let us be resolute in our commitment to the present moment. And why, as a practical matter, should it be elsewhere? Life is not in the future, neither is it in the past.
Like an arrow
Whatever you do, do it with your whole heart. Are you on the drunk-and-dissolute path? Do that with everything you’ve got. Are you committed to awakening? Allow no one to deter, deflect or dissuade you. The key thing is not to hop from one path to another, to mix things up. Disaster that way lies.
Quitless
Perseverance is a blue-collar charism, a divine bestowal stripped to the waist of the fancies. It’s the willingness of the sealed-off chick to keep on pecking. We’ll put a stethoscope on that racket and discover this: Nothing exceptional was ever accomplished with half a heart.
