The Latin word NIMIS, which combines the word for enough (SATIS) with the negation (NON), doesn't mean "not enough" as in "too little." It means more accurately "this amount is not the 'enough amount', because it is too much."
So in Latin, NOT + SUFFICIENCY = EXCESS, thus implying that less-than-sufficiency (a state we now call "not enough") is actually a trivial state, and the important task in life is to cut down all the massive options to manageable size.
Interesting view of the environment. Plenty of trees! Go get some! Never enough!
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Oh great! Just what I need, another guru telling me what I can and cannot do.
(kidding, ofcourse)
I think that's one of the most obvious statements and, sadly, the least adhered to.
Sure, it's tough, the whole of the subconscious struggles against it.
But if you keep at it, it gets better and better.
But if you keep at it, it gets better and better.
(Just like having sex. Practice often and you'll have them begging for more. Trust me.
Well, mister, don't expect ME to simply take your word for it.
Not until I try and find confirmation my myself that "there's no such thing as too much of it"!
;-)
The Latin word NIMIS, which combines the word for enough (SATIS) with the negation (NON), doesn't mean "not enough" as in "too little." It means more accurately "this amount is not the 'enough amount', because it is too much."
So in Latin, NOT + SUFFICIENCY = EXCESS, thus implying that less-than-sufficiency (a state we now call "not enough") is actually a trivial state, and the important task in life is to cut down all the massive options to manageable size.
Interesting view of the environment. Plenty of trees! Go get some! Never enough!
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