“Dogs, god bless them, are passionate. As numerous squirrels, birds, boxes, blankets, and toys can tell you, they do not accomplish most of what they set out to do. **A dog has an advantage in all this: a graciously short short-term memory that keeps at bay the creeping sense of futility and impotence**. Reality for us humans, on the other hand, has no reason to be sensitive to the illusions we operate under. Eventually it will intrude.” ([Location 683](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B01AWUTMB0&location=683)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[passion]], [[ego]], [[humility]], [[failure]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[self-reflection]], [[discipline]], [[mindfulness]] **Source** -- [[202409161103 - B - Ego is the Enemy]]