“We don’t stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing.”
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
While you’re working, work.
While you’re playing, enjoy.
Grow up yet remain young at the same time.
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LIVE WITH PASSION
“To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
— Ludwig Van Beethoven
To the athletes & artists, this is for you.
If you are passionate about what you do, you will become great.
You will fail over and over again, but if you are passionate, you will never give up.
Let the apathetic ones give up.
Let them laugh at you for being so passionate & obsessive with what you do.
Ignore those losers – they’ve already lost so they try bringing others down into their misery.
Ignore the haters. Stay far from them!!
Do your art or your sport with passion. You will make mistakes, but never let mistakes define you or put you down.
Get back in the game. Get back in the art.
Play with passion.
Live with passion.
Never give up.
Always keep going.
Add Fun To The Game & Arts
“When an archer shoots for enjoyment, he has all his skill; when he shoots for a brass buckle, he gets nervous; when he shoots for a prize of gold, he begins to see two targets.”
— Zhuangzi
In this life there is work & play, and some people get to play for work; athletes & artists mainly.
The best artists and athletes really love what they do.
To most of them though, it is still work & requires extreme effort.
The fun gets taken out of the game & the art as we age, but it doesn’t have to.
Just because others have lost the joy of the game or art doesn’t mean you need to. Don’t conform.
If you love the game, play. You’ll become great.
If you love the art, do it. You’ll also become great.
With Ken Thompson 