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Date

6/12/2007 03:33:00 PM [permalink]

Author

yahooza

Entry

http://www.bspcn.com/2007/05/22/10-simple-ways..../

"Life is like a box of chococates." Some simpleton character said that once. If only it were as sweet and simple. Maybe it can be?

I enjoyed this blog entry on self, you, me and the rest of frackin' world. It is a perspective that I've learned years past amidst my turmolous twenties. I thought a lot, analyzing and "figuring it out." In the end, I learned that life ain't so hard unless you make it so. And all that thinking? A waste of time =)

Here are some excerpts that I found interesting and what I took from it:

• "How you feel is how you feel. It’ll pass soon. What you’re thinking is what you’re thinking. It’ll go too. Tell yourself that whatever you feel, you feel; whatever you think, you think. Since you can’t stop yourself thinking, or prevent emotions from arising in your mind, it makes no sense to be proud or ashamed of either .... People are always telling themselves how they feel, what they’re thinking, what others feel about them, what this or that event really means. Most of it’s imagination."
  
  Stop thinking so hard, you'll pop a vein. Don't follow whatever makes you feel good, especially if it's a consumer addiction. Things are what they seem. You don't need to embellish it any further.
  
  
• "Judging yourself is pointless. Judging others is half-witted."
  
  I am nothing special. You are just as special, meaning you're not. I have become more cognizant of those who put down others to make themselves feel better. Shame, shame, stop being a jerk.
  
  
• "Stop being concerned (with) what the rest of the world says about you"
  
  Most people don't give a moose's gonads about you. Live it up like Paris, but don't end up in jail.
  
  


• "Don’t be concerned that your life and career aren't working out the way you planned. The closer you stick to any plan, the quicker you'll go wrong. The world changes constantly."
  
  A job is a job. Enjoy it, though do not think it's the end of the world when corporations go awry -- and they will. Life is the same. Nothing's perfect, good things happen and then shit does as well.
  
  
• "Don’t let others use you to avoid being responsible for their own decisions. To hold yourself responsible for someone else’s success and happiness demeans them and proves you’ve lost the plot."
  
  Stop meddling in other people's lives. Leave 'em alone and let 'em live. Also, lots and lots of people believe they can change the world, only because they don't like themselves and avoid confronting personal demons. It's never me, so it must be something else.
  
  

Stop wondering. Quit worrying. It's all in your head and then some. Just live.

Labels: life, philosophy

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