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It’s been a 10-year journey to this point, and there’s so much I want to write and say. But I’m furiously working on my closing statement. And so this blog post will be short. I did, however, want to share some important things that have been on my mind this week.
The first is to do things that matter in life. This week has been hard, but fulfilling and meaningful and affirming in ways that I never could have imagined. We all waste far too much time on things that don’t mean a damn — video games, and watching Netflix alone, and all sorts of other meaningless things. Don’t do that. Focus on the things that matter most.
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The second is that details matter. I’m struck, this week, by how much of a difference it has made when people do their homework and focus on the details. Most people glide through life without diving deep or seeking true understanding. Those who seek wisdom, or (even more so) change, understand the details. Don’t be lazy. Do your homework and dive deep. Our successes in court have come from this attention to detail — diving carefully through documents and spending the hours to reach true understanding. Yet so few people take the time to dive deep.
The third is that love really does overcome everything. I’ve felt lost and frantic at times, this week. But every time I think of the animals — poor Lily, when she was hobbling in a farrowing crate; my beloved Oliver, when he was scared and furless in a dog meat farm — I have no doubts about what I’m doing, what WE are doing. Apply the same principle to your life — love truly and deeply — and it really does make everything in life easier. Even things that seem impossible to otherwise overcome.
It’s been a joy writing to you all. Depending on how things go today, it could be a long time before I write directly to this blog again.
But, even if this blog becomes a place for Priya and Dean and Ronnie to republish letters and podcast I’ve sent to them by hand, I’ll still very connected to you all.
Thank you for reading. I’m so grateful. And I look forward to writing to you again.
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