There really isn’t such a thing as “trying”. We either do or we don’t.
Lesson #112: 30 June 2016
As much as I’m an advocate for the art of doing nothing, sometimes it’s best to keep busy.
Busyness can keep all those negative thoughts at bay.
Lesson #111: 29 June 2016
I just looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and noted my downtrodden eyes and bushy beard.
I thought I could really do with a shave. I might be a mess on the inside but I can still look neat on the outside.
Lesson #110: 28 June 2016
I look around on the media and realise that it’s so easy to call those with different views intellectually inferior instead of questioning the reasons behind those views.
Lesson #109: 27 June 2016
Everyone thinks they no everything and no one else knows a thing.
Isn’t this the source of all conflict in the world?
Lesson #108: 26 June 2016
I’m not even thirty. And life is already such a struggle. How do people get through life enduring more than sixty years?
Is there some secret I’m not privy to?
This isn’t turning into a daily lesson. But it’s making me think about what I need to live for many more years.
Lesson #107: 25 June 2016
I sit here in my office looking out at the grey sky matching my grey mood.
I’m drinking an energy drink which I need to get through this day.
A cleaner just walked in to empty my bin. And I’m wondering who is happier – me or she?
Lesson #106: 24 June 2016
We tend to express our annoyance with our parents more outwardly directed at them.
I realised that we place such faith in the unconditional love stemming from our parents that we feel free to treat them worse than others. With other people, we have to make them like us. And so other people become recipients of better treatment than our parents.
Lesson #105: 23 June 2016
Continuing on the theme of regret: what good is regret when the things we tend to regret are what we probably wanted back then?
I wish I did something else with my life. But this is what I wanted ten years ago.
Lesson #104: 22 June 2016
Should an 18 year old really be able to decide what he wants to do for the rest of his life?
I certainly look back in regret.
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