Advice from the Universe

I hate that it's only 8:05am and already two brilliant pieces of advice came flying across the interwebs on Twitter. I hate that I've been up since 2:57am but feel too inspired to go back to sleep. Actually I LOVE both those things. Do you ever wake up and think that the universe is trying to tell you something?

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
~ Anais Nin (via @bellaclara)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
~ Aristotle (via @alexanderchow)