Post #2365970
2026-05-10 13:41 UTC
A new day. A new chance to succeed.
The day's reading speaks to the conflict between ideal and actual. Desire and reality.
The old chestnut about 10 years to become an overnight success plays into it.
That the struggle matters more than the goal. Without it, you never reach the goal.
That nobody achieves mastery in a day.
Something worth doing, that you believe in, is worth struggling for.
And, if once achieved, continuing to struggle.
May your strength be up to the struggle #today
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@chessert@mastodon.online 2026-05-10 13:53
@nlowell@zirk.us An American chestnut tree over 10 years old is quite an achievement. My Grand Uncle Luther tried for years on his own to grow and improve them. One of our local hardware stores now offers young Chestnut trees each Spring. And one of my cousins here in NEPA has a couple adult Chestnuts (20+ yrs old) in their yard.