Only through practice and more practice, until you can do something without conscious effort.
I usually settle into a routine during the season where I shoot for about 15 or 20 minutes before and after practice, and then do the whole practice.
In other words, the better they did on the IQ test, the worse they did on the practical test and the better they did on the practical tests, the worse they did on the IQ test.
There is no fundamental difference between the preparation for death and the practice of dying, and spiritual practice leading to enlightenment.
Real practice means working on stuff you're not good at. Real practice is about butting your head against the wall repeatedly until you get it right.
When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next day to run for public office to run for Congress, I had to pay first dollar.
To practice with an end in view is to have one eye on the practice and the other on the end, which is lack of concentration, lack of sincerity.
It is not the different practice from one another that breaks the Peace and Unity, but judging of one another because of differing practices.
I played trumpet for about two weeks. Sixth grade. And I didn't practice. Maybe a little longer than two weeks, but I didn't practice and I was faking it.
A diamond with a flaw is better than a common stone that is perfect.
Of no worldly good can the joy be perfect, unless it is shared by a friend.
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My own family were far from perfect, yet I thanked the Lord that I had them, even if they did sometimes make me want to kill them all.
God has broken me in every way possible. I spent a year not caring, a year trying to figure out what I'd done to deserve it. and a year trying to make it right.
If Mercy Underhill were any more perfect, it would take a long day's work to fall in love with her. But she has exactly enough faults to make it ridiculously easy.
Together a brick and a blanket create the perfect metaphor for life. Will you be a brick and make something of your life, or be a blanket and sleep your life away?
I realized that cats make a perfect audience, they don't laugh at you, they never contradict you, there's no need to impress them, and they won't divulge your secrets.
