Smooth as Anything
Master Don Juan
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It takes a very strong man to endure the consequences of his actions. At every corner there is an exit ramp, an escape to be made. Opportunities to exit this plateau make themselves abundantly obvious. Leaving this state of mind is but a hit away. Our options are unlimited and our consequences are infinitesimal. None of that matters, anyway, though. All that is relevant is that nagging reality: the idea that what you do has an effect; that you will have to live with the results of your actions. You can run away from it, just like everyone else has. Or you can beat yourself up, cry in the night while your family sleeps, and realize how ****ing bad your life has become. That is when you make it better. You cannot make it better by running from it.
It takes a very strong man to resist the temptation to act on emotion. People and events will make you feel, but feelings persuade you to act irrationally. A real man is utterly logical, utterly decisive and pragmatic. A real man is bluntly impartial. Many may think their own way, but it is true that only your way matters. Problems arise, and people will instigate conflict. A real man is perfectly conscious of his mortality, and reacts in the only truly reasonable and logical way: with apathy.
There should be no limit to your honesty, to your frankness, to the blunt reality that we should all experience. In its brutal tragedies, it’s tragic horrors, and its beautiful climaxes: life should be embraced to the absolute fullest. Take your damn blindfold off. Let it fly away. Take your damn rose colored glasses off. Be truly cynical.
You’ll never know who you are until you’ve seen your limits. See how long you can go without eating. See how much fat you can lose. See how much muscle you can put on. See how long you can study. See how far you can run before you give-up. Fight until your knuckles break and your mind is withered. Never give-up, never surrender, and death before dishonor. Finding your limits is all about finding how to break them. Shatter your limits.
Never forget why you started, and force yourself to keep in mind why you continue. The pain, the suffering, the depression, the tears, the apprehension – they are all the reason you’re here today, fighting for what’s rightfully yours. Never forget why you started, but never let it define how you proceed. Failure does not propagate failure. Failure plants the seed of anger in the strong. How can you be so foolish, so weak, and so pathetic? Failure should make you prove yourself wrong.
Leave behind all who disrespect you, mistreat you or even step on your toes. Everyone is but dust in the wind. Until you can prove to yourself that anyone outside of yourself exists, you have no justifiable reason to believe that they do. Respect the imaginary creatures or manipulate them? Always do what is in your best interests, and never slow down for anyone.
Do not become so emotionally involved with anyone or anything, that they have the ability to discourage you, sadden you or otherwise hurt you in any shape, way or form. Emotional commitment is for the weak. The weak get left behind. The strong succeed.
It takes a very strong man to resist the temptation to act on emotion. People and events will make you feel, but feelings persuade you to act irrationally. A real man is utterly logical, utterly decisive and pragmatic. A real man is bluntly impartial. Many may think their own way, but it is true that only your way matters. Problems arise, and people will instigate conflict. A real man is perfectly conscious of his mortality, and reacts in the only truly reasonable and logical way: with apathy.
There should be no limit to your honesty, to your frankness, to the blunt reality that we should all experience. In its brutal tragedies, it’s tragic horrors, and its beautiful climaxes: life should be embraced to the absolute fullest. Take your damn blindfold off. Let it fly away. Take your damn rose colored glasses off. Be truly cynical.
You’ll never know who you are until you’ve seen your limits. See how long you can go without eating. See how much fat you can lose. See how much muscle you can put on. See how long you can study. See how far you can run before you give-up. Fight until your knuckles break and your mind is withered. Never give-up, never surrender, and death before dishonor. Finding your limits is all about finding how to break them. Shatter your limits.
Never forget why you started, and force yourself to keep in mind why you continue. The pain, the suffering, the depression, the tears, the apprehension – they are all the reason you’re here today, fighting for what’s rightfully yours. Never forget why you started, but never let it define how you proceed. Failure does not propagate failure. Failure plants the seed of anger in the strong. How can you be so foolish, so weak, and so pathetic? Failure should make you prove yourself wrong.
Leave behind all who disrespect you, mistreat you or even step on your toes. Everyone is but dust in the wind. Until you can prove to yourself that anyone outside of yourself exists, you have no justifiable reason to believe that they do. Respect the imaginary creatures or manipulate them? Always do what is in your best interests, and never slow down for anyone.
Do not become so emotionally involved with anyone or anything, that they have the ability to discourage you, sadden you or otherwise hurt you in any shape, way or form. Emotional commitment is for the weak. The weak get left behind. The strong succeed.
