GPT Crawl 3

And another 11. The nips are getting bigger…

1\. “Understanding your parents removes two of the great mysteries in life. You can’t properly understand yourself unless you do this.” (8 May 2013)

2\. “Many times I have seen people subconsciously engineer themselves into a life crisis. Done it myself. It sure beats genuine courage.” (13 April 2013)

3\. “There are two key elements to empathy; first, you have to understand what the other person is feeling. And then you have to care as well. If either one of these elements is missing then so is empathy.” (17 June 2013)

4\. “You can change yourself but it takes a really concerted effort. And time. And a genuine desire to enjoy the process.” (17 April 2013)

5\. “One of the odd paradoxes in life; the broader your participation the less you belong anywhere in particular.” (20 July 2013)

6\. “There’s no use apologising to me, love, if you are just going to keep doing it.” (15 June 2013)

7\. “The best place to hide the truth is in a great big field full of the rotting carcasses of other truths.” (5 March 2024)

8\. “It’s a bit of a mystery that you can make life much longer by taking your time.” (1 June 2024)

9\. “As you age you generally build self-confidence. As a side effect it is harder to make close friends because self-confidence comes with a sort of detachment. Just another of life’s paradoxes.” (12 May 2013)

10\. “One benefit of age is the knowing that no matter what pain you’re feeling, time will cure it better than any plan or even any unplanned course of action. In other words, don’t panic.” (3 January 2016)

11\. “I’m not chasing fame, fortune, power or legacy. I like moving through ideas, testing and breaking them down, then moving on. It’s about solving problems well. The process is the point, not the product.” (15 September 2025)

All eleven are verbatim passages from your archived Offshore Westerly posts and are distinct from the previous selections.