THE THIRTEEN
STUPIDITIES
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Compulsion.
There’s a point
where daring becomes stupidity. If you’re injecting yourself with heroin because
you have to try everything once – Stop.
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Betting the farm.
There’s a point
where hope becomes stupidity. If you’re gambling more than you can afford to
lose – Stop.
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Pipedreams.
There’s a point
where ambition becomes stupidity. If you’re enrolling in law school and you
suck at academics – Stop.
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Desperation.
There’s a point
where tenacity becomes stupidity. If you’re preparing to throw your life away
because you don’t see quitting as an option – Stop.
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Doggedness.
There’s a point
where persistence becomes stupidity. If you’re banging your head against a wall
and your head is bruised and bloody and the wall is unaffected – Stop.
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Pigheadedness.
There’s a point
where conviction becomes stupidity. If you’re clinging to your belief that all
is well when you can see the tornado bearing down on you – Stop.
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Mulishness.
There’s a point
where sticking to your guns becomes stupidity. If you’re hurting yourself in
the long run because you can’t bear to change your ways – Stop.
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Bullheadedness.
There’s a point
where integrity becomes stupidity. If you’re holding up progress because you
won’t break an outdated or pointless rule – Stop.
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Chicken-heartedness.
There’s a point
where prudence becomes stupidity. If you’re allowing something bad to get worse
because you can’t face up to the obvious solution – Stop.
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Martyrdom.
There’s a point
where sincerity becomes stupidity. If you’re sacrificing your life, liberty or
happiness for the sake of some pie in the sky ideal – Stop.
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Compunction.
There’s a point
where conscience becomes stupidity. If you’re sacrificing your life, liberty or
happiness as an act of penance to assuage your guilty feelings – Stop.
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Asceticism.
There’s a point
where self-discipline becomes stupidity. If you’re walking a path that will
never let you know joy, have fun, or feel excitement – Stop.
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Ejaculation.
There’s a point where
honesty becomes stupidity. If you’re about to trash a cherished relationship or
huge opportunity because you can’t bear to keep a secret or keep your opinions
to yourself – Stop.
ISCHYROS DIAVOLOS!
