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Good vs Great

Enemies or prerequisites?

By Andrew WallacePublished 5 years ago 1 min read
Good gladiators don’t last long

Good vs Great

Love is the enemy of hate. Which do you taste when you make a mistake? Which tree grew without changing its ways?

Which question ends up a waste? The question you answered with haste or the question you face and say “wait”?

Is it better to never be lost or to win every game?

Maybe we all feel the same.

Maybe we all feel ashamed.

Maybe we all feel the sting and the pain but don’t bring it up consciously cause we want to be honored for being unapologetically brave.

Great maybe wins every game.

Good times get lost in the rain.

Water still falls on the great.

Good gardens grow with no concept of fame.

Good gladiators die everyday, but great gladiators make good lion tamers.

The chambers chanting ‘entertain us!’ Enslaved to the way we prefer to be saved from basics.

We chase greatness.

Good climbs gates to make it.

Bad is impatient, never changing.

Average gets taxed the same, yet it feels more draining.

So what practice maximizes greatness?

My best tactic is act like the greatest.

If good and great hate each other the way they’ve been saying.

Then which one tells the truth when games don’t need playing?

inspirational

About the Creator

Andrew Wallace

@andrewnotlogan for Instagram and Twitter.

I’m hoping to profit from my existential dread. Maybe if I write something ~you~ find worth while my life will somehow transcend my mortal body and I’ll live on forever... but probably not.

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