There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world.
We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts:
what we do,
how we look,
what we say,
and how we say it.
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today.