Delphic Maxim of the Week - Monday Jan 30th

Foresee the future | Ὅρα τὸ μέλλον

Foresee the future | Ὅρα τὸ μέλλον

“The fool lives only in the here and now, the sad man lives only in the past, but the wise and the hero look toward the future. What chances they have, what opportunities, what they can manifest in the future. Now while it is wise to appreciate the moment and to ponder the past, people can easily get lost in both. There are those, who dwell only in the past; mostly sad and negative, they see only the good that was, and gradually develop an apathy that undermines all their efforts. And then others are fools. They live only for the pleasures and the trivialities of the present; they are like little children, unaware of the consequences of their actions. And even in the ways you do not act, it will have consequences. The wise person takes responsibility for the future. See what you do now, tend to difficulties while they are small, solve problems now, before they grow larger tomorrow. Think of the consequences.”