Category: Of Grasshoppers

Student: Life is hard.
Master: A disciplined life is hard.

Student: Did I have to yell?
Master: NO!

Student: I took my eye off the ball.
Master: How’s the bruise?

Student: Life!
Master: Over complicated it didn’t ya?

Student: Stress results in being dysfunctional.
Master: Being dysfunctional results in stress.

Student: I failed another test.
Master: You had another lesson.

Student: I am tired of trying.
Master: Quit.

Student: Why are better choices easily seen after you’ve made the wrong ones?
Master: Why make the wrong choice in the first place?

Student: Tell me it is going to be okay.
Master: Do you already know the outcome?

Student: The mind is tired.
Master: The body is weak.

Student: Lifestyle changes in my imminent future.
Master: Ah! You’ll have a future!

Student: My life has been one wake up call after another.
Master: When will you quit hitting snooze?

Student: I could have been…
Master: You are…

Student: I think it is best if I don’t speak.
Master: …