Exploring The Power of Words By Changing The Way We Write, Speak And Think Through A Special Language Called English Prime

I stumbled upon the following quote which said "instant insanity" to me. What do you think?

"Better a Has-been than a Never-was. But better a Never-was than a Never-tried-to-be." ~unknown

The latter part seems especially confusing to me and paradoxical. Let's see if I can make any sense out of it with a personalised e-primed interpretation…

It would seem to me that failing to try to do something appoximates worse then simply not trying to do at all. Though all things considered it may seem better to have never acted then to have ventured into something with all that may go with it.

The overall message in a nutshell would appear to me that a person should act with diligence to minimize a small demon called 'risk'. It now comes across to me that the quote author abstractively rationalized the inhererent laziness that can go with making things happen.

Eh Voila!

As I become increasingly frustrated by the lack of action I will now realise any apparent insanity in certain thoughts conceived in Standard English and hopefully remove the paradoxes and neuroses with English Prime or at least, to get things debatable again with et cetera.

SE: There is no right or wrong time to get moving.
EP: In my view, the "right" or "wrong" time to get moving equates to "now" or at a scheduled time "later" due to any constraints when working around others – anything else would correspond with irrational procrastinations leading to time lost in the pursuit of happiness thus causing unhappiness during limbo-lethargic states.

SE: The ulimate failure is death.
EP: It would seem to me that death approximates with "the ultimate failure" in life which in itself should not represent a reason to allow things I consider close to death such as procrastination to impede on my actions.

SE: An excerpt from Gangsters Paradise by Coolio:

"Death ain’t nothing but a heartbeat away;
I'm living life do or die, what can I say;
I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24;
The way things is going I don't know"

EP: My version, although not as musical perhaps:

Death seems to me like nothing but a heartbeat away;
I equate my life to doing or dying, what can I say;
I have reached "23" but will I live to see "24";
The way things come across now I should know;

Quotations:

SE: "Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others." ~Jules Renard (1864 – 1910)
EP: It would seem to me that failure does not represent the only punishment for laziness because I cannot deny the inherent envy that comes from the success of others due to their ability to have acted where I may decide to have not in a society that protects individual rights to achieve "anything" without infringing on the rights of other individuals.

SE: "Idleness and lack of occupation tend – nay are dragged – towards evil." ~Hippocrates (460 BC – 377 BC)
EP: It would seem to me that idleness and a lack of occupation would come across as "evil" leading to such conditions as anxiety and depression.

SE: "Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy." ~Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948)
EP: Indolence seems to me like a step towards greatness for it acknowledges the pain of something currently which we then may want to move away from though bearing the pain for the time it takes to progress; it would then seem like the act of doing equates to producing happiness.

SE: "He that is busy is tempted by but one devil; he that is idle, by a legion." ~Thomas Fuller (1608 – 1661)
EP: It would seem to me that a "busy person" has but one personal demon that would approximate with the thought of boredom caused by idleness; however the "idle person" has a multitude of personal demons such as the fear of acting out of a fear of failure or a fear of change etc.

SE: "Luck is always the last refuge of laziness and incompetence." ~James Cash Penney (1875 – 1971)
EP: In my view, luck equates with believing in external "authorities" to solve your own problems of laziness and incompetence such as expecting a miracle like winning the lottery to make your already lazy and incompetent life more tolerable rather then "better" per se.

Most of the original quotes above in my opinion approximate with insanity due to high levels of abstraction which gave me a "WTF?!" response when actually trying to understand them at first glance.

Do the English Prime responses/equivalents demystify the messages in any way? In my view, unequivocally yes.

This would seem to me like a pre-packaged e-primed (i.e. sane) quotation:

"Know the true value of time: snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today." ~Lord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773)

Thank you Lord Chesterfield for enlightening us with your moment of sanity and clarity.

On the quest from 'zero to hero' I shall look at patterns of thinking that stagnate progress. Each E-Primed statement will appear to correspond with the previous thought as intentioned…

SE: I am indifferent to life.
EP: I currently act as if life approximates with ultimately nothing and I don't need anything except my personal "comfort zone".

SE: Comfort zones are very comforting.
EP: Does an "introvert" need to become more "extrovert" and vica-versa? In my opinion I would say yes to the extent that one recognises the value of the contrary attitude or orientation and does what they don't feel like doing with tenacity, patience and persistence to achieve a goal.

SE: Nothing ventured is nothing gained.
EP: It seems to me that regular rationalizations with others equates to a comforting way of indefinitely justifying my currently fruitless existence rather then marshaling myself into action to achieve clearly defined goals.

SE: Life is work, work is life.
EP: The house I grew up in did not come about by magic and would seem to represent the combined work of a father and mother who worked to build and support this legacy through conscious effort and work. If you don't work then somewhere down the line you echo the behaviour of a parasite which does not seem fair to your self and others in the long term.

SE: Life is what you make it.
EP: There would seem like no point denying that work makes the world go around and considering your current state of affairs you will need some well defined goals and marshaling to get from seed to fruit.

SE: "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you fail to focus on your goal" — from a motivational poster entitled GOALS
EP: Not taking action towards a well-defined goal approximates with losing forward-momentum and would seem like a problem in project organization and personal management inefficiency.

SE: Introverts are reclusive-thinkers. Extroverts are outgoing-doers.
EP: In my own estimation, introversion depicts the orientation of looking within for the answers to life's problems and at the extreme may result in "rationalization looping" living life in pure thought. On the other hand, extroversion represents to me the orientation that seems to concern itself with the outer world of people and objects and at the extreme may result in "uncontrolled impulsiveness" living life in pure action.

SE: So where are you at Spence?
EP: A personality assessment once held that my predominant orientation would seem to approximate towards introversion which I can agree with based on a relatively stronger need for self over "the outer world".

SE: An introverted-orientation is your excuse/rationalization.
EP: Since my behaviour follows the pattern of a person with predominant introverted-orientated THINKING it would appear to demonstrate my lack of ability or determination in understanding or applying extroverted-orientated ACTION.

SE: I am not an extrovert.
EP: I would argue that "extrovert" as a concept in itself would appear to show up in society as a stereotype based on a person's attitude towards socialising and yes, like perhaps a typical "introvert" I prefer quality over quantity. The concept of appearing to not resemble an "extrovert" therefore evokes in me the perception of it having nothing to do with my personal ability to take ACTION.

SE: "Don't come out with us, be a recluse instead." — said a disgruntled "extrovert" friend to me who wanted to marshal a clubbing party.
EP: It would seem like you have no reason to stay in other then to do your "introvert" thing, whatever that takes the form of.

SE: Organization is key.
EP: THINK business. Define your goals. Define your steps. Schedule your action-steps. No need for down-time. Look at steps for a moment and take ACTION.

SE: Down-time is your ticket to melancholy.
EP: Considering your Rational temperament I would estimate that your specific type of "depression" appears melancholic. In other words, during your bouts of low productivity towards goals you can maintain pensive or thoughtful sadness. This would come across to others as a general annoyance to do anything that takes your mind off solving your own problems whilst going through an unfortunate but somewhat necessary phase of personal down-time to recuperate the loss of productivity.

SE: ACTION is your ticket to happiness.
EP: As Winston Churchill once said, "I never worry about action, only inaction." which reaffirms the obvious to me that ACTION leads to happiness and INACTION leads to melancholy.

SE: Writing in English-Prime is changing my life.
EP: Writing in English-Prime impresses me as a way of critically examining distorted thoughts that would otherwise lead to disassociations with reality.