I never see what has been done I only see what remains to be done

This is one of the statements of the Buddha.

I wrote it down here because it reminds me of what I was always taught in my family. My family didn't believe in ever resting on your laurels so to speak. So, whatever you did good you usually weren't praised for it. Being excellent was just expected of everyone in my family. I think this came from way back probably before my Great Grandfather was even a Captain in the Union Army during the Civil War. My Great  Grandfather was a Captain from Kansas.

Here are some other statements attributed to the Buddha:

"The mind is everything.
What you think you become."

"The only real failure in life
is not to be true to the best one knows."


However, I think sort of the "Never Say Die" of my family likely is the best.

Both my Grandad and Dad believed they would live forever and never die.

Or at least this is what they told everyone.

I'm different because I believe I could live forever
Or I could die right now.

And both are pretty much okay with me.

And likely that is the attitude you need to do the first one anyway because of not dying
for long enough to live forever.

Either way it's been a good life.