This line from Home Improvement has stuck with me ever since I heard it. Tim Allen was my “TV Dad” growing up, for reasons I still don’t fully understand, his voice landed in a way that others didn’t. Whatever the reason, that quote became one of my personal rules. It’s simple, but it cuts deep: if someone’s trusting you with their time or their money, you owe them your best. Show up. Do the job. Take pride in the work—even […]
This captures something that most people feel deep down but rarely say out loud: that we’re taught to chase achievements, not contentment. That school, and often society, want measurable goals—doctor, lawyer, astronaut—but “happy” isn’t something you can grade, salary, or structure. It’s rebellious in the gentlest way.
It’s simple. Blunt. But it carries a weight that feels truer the longer you live. it’s not really about deception for deception’s sake. It’s about the human instinct to protect, to avoid pain, to shape reality into something survivable. People lie to others, yes—but mostly, they lie to themselves.
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