240605 What I learned in my studies this morning 4

Today's Meditation(s):

Discourses, 2.17.27 (Waterfield)

If this doesn't describe my schooling, I don't know what could. I spent years getting degrees in philosophy only to come away from it thinking of it as a dodge, as an easy way to get credentials and perhaps impress people — employers, at least — enough to get what I wanted from them: praise, respect, a job.

It took me far too long to realize how much I had wasted, in time and effort and potential and contentment, by approaching it this way. It would have been so much better to realize this and begin my journey all those decades ago.

The second best time was as soon as I realized my error.

And that has made all the difference....