Category: Of Grasshoppers

Student: Take it back.
Master: Once a stone is tossed in the pond, only time calms the ripples.

Student: If I think of all the tasks I must do, I cannot move.
Master: Instead of thinking of all, do one task.

Student: Spent the night trying to wake up.
Master: Exhausting way to sleep.

Student: Self-doubt.
Master: No doubt.

Student: I have purpose again.
Master: You’ve always had purpose.

Student: What I want to do and need to do are not the same.
Master: Split your attention between each and accomplish neither.

Student: This is not the path I thought I was walking.
Master: Do you have a map?

Student: Is this what failure feels like?
Master: Have you quit?

Student: Can it suck more?
Master: Yes.

Student: Life is weird. Hasn’t turned out at all as I expected.
Master: You had a plan?!

Student: All I can see is the problem.
Master: If you only look at the problem, you will never see the solution.

Student: I’m just trying to get ahead.
Master: Perhaps you should get afoot first.

Student: How can I survive this?
Master: Perseverance.

Student: I will do all that I can.
Master: One could expect nothing less.

Student: How did this happen?
Master: You didn’t do anything different.