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Word of the Day: Maxim
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and it’s always better to be safer than sorry are three examples of maxims.
A maxim, you see, is very similar to a proverb.
It’s a little tidbit of wisdom or truth passed down to us from our ancestors, a little rule to live by.
I think everyone has little maxims by which they live their life.
If I had to sum up my life in two maxims, I’d say everything gets done, and this too, shall pass.
I choose everything gets done as my first maxim because it’s true.
People always stress out about deadlines or how they have so much to do, but there are only 25 hours in a day (oh, sorry, wishful thinking there – 24).
I try not to stress out because no matter how much needs to be accomplished, everything gets done at the end of the day.
Now, the timing may not be what you wanted, or the order in which something is completed may not be ideal, but it was accomplished, and as the maxim goes, everything gets done.
The second maxim we could use, to sum up my philosophy on life is this too shall pass.
Nothing lasts forever (which is another maxim), and no matter how bad things seem right now, they could always be worse.
In addition to that, no situation lasts forever.
Any pain, suffering or uncomfortable situation you find yourself in will eventually end.
Of course, as mentioned before, it may not end the way you had in mind, but it will end nevertheless.
Good times follow bad times, and bad times follow good times.
No matter the one you find yourself in right now, remember the maxim: this too shall pass, and you won’t be surprised when things change.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
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