I did not know that if you want to Get Ahead
with any degree of peace,
then you must first learn to Stay Here.
It takes guts to Stay Here;
it takes self-discipline and resolution.
Anyone with sufficient energy
and a one-track mind can Get Ahead;
witness the robber barons, the dictators, the demagogues.
But to Stay Here, you must know where you are
before you can know where you are going.
You must seek before you can find, and you must ask
before you really learn to seek.
It takes humility to ask, patience to wait for the answer,
and faith that the answer will come. . .
After all, even the Hereafter begins with Here.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
S I T = Stay In Today.
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