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In this video, I talk about the Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, time, sincerity, power, love, and learning.

Time closes the gap between the way things are and the way they should be. Time reaps every seed you sow. If you water trees all day, eventually you’ll have a lot of fruit. In this case, you’ve made Time your friend. If you chop trees down all day, eventually you’ll starve yourself of oxygen. And so in this case, you’ve made Time your enemy. A wise person understands the Effects of Time on their actions and so befriends Time.

When you act sincerely, you do what you genuinely want to do. When you do what you genuinely want to do, you put your own knowledge to the test. When you put your own knowledge to the test, you may come across a contradiction. This means you failed the test, or in other words, something is wrong with your understanding. And by resolving this contradiction, you learn.

There are two ways through life: The Way of Power and The Way of Love. The person who follows The Way of Love remains open to learning, understands the Effects of Time on their actions, and makes time their friend. The person who follows The Way of Power, on the other hand, closes themself off from learning, doesn’t understand the Effects of Time on their actions, and makes time their enemy.

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: https://geni.us/7oyfR

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(1) Videos are just my opinion, for entertainment and informational purposes. Just some things to think about—not advice.

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