Why are you uncomfortable with yourself?
Much of our obstacles and the feared consequences of our actions are instilled through conditioning and hard to drop, but neverthless self-imposed. That much should be obvious.
How old are you? 20, 30, 40? A quarter to half of your life is gone. This is an experiment, and you've got one shot, spread out over about 80 years, to bet on yourself.
The greatest contribution that you can make to history, to society, to yourself, is to fill your self, your entire individual self, with your spirit and your love. Every person I admire simply lived. They lived without fear or reluctance, and as a result, they bet all of their chips on themselves and overwhelmed their fellow humans with a love of life. When you really live, when you just say "fvck it, I'm gonna die," you become a whole person.
All of my heroes were and are carelessly eccentric. Howard Roark never gave a damn. Frank Lloyd Wright didn't create, he understood, and prevented that understanding from being corrupted. Steve Jobs is owned by nothing, save elegance and integrity of purpose. Miles Davis, Salvador Dali, and Picasso practically destroyed themselves for the sake of the creative spirit. Politicians, in their best moments, just call sh!t like it is.
When a person is an admirable person, they don't give a fvck. And their selves shine through. And those watching smile inside and know that that person is speaking from his powerful, compassionate soul.
Taking is not wrong. Stealing is. Taking for the sake of living is just as responsible as not taking for the sake of not disturbing. You have a good heart; you won't corrupt the world by acting in it.
The biggest mistake you can make is to submit to fear. Punishing yourself through inaction may be comfortable to you -- but that's only because it's familiar, it's "home" to your psyche. Don't deceive yourself. There's another home for you, if you want it. It's located closer to your heart than to your inhibitions. With time it will become comfortable to you, and it will be your new home.
So be yourself. With that, I mean trust that you passionately being you is your best shot at inspiring others (and as a consequence, immortality).
You can be a beacon for humanity. And why not go for it? You'll be dead soon.
Wait if you want.
Then you'll be dead, and oh so safe and secure (but you'll also be dead). And the world will be at a loss for what you could have contributed. And a teenager will be crying alone somewhere when they come to the realization that the greatest compassionate souls in the world are often extinguished at an early age and never re-ignited. They just emit a wisp of smoke that softens until they leave this world.
Go fvck sh!t up.
Much of our obstacles and the feared consequences of our actions are instilled through conditioning and hard to drop, but neverthless self-imposed. That much should be obvious.
How old are you? 20, 30, 40? A quarter to half of your life is gone. This is an experiment, and you've got one shot, spread out over about 80 years, to bet on yourself.
The greatest contribution that you can make to history, to society, to yourself, is to fill your self, your entire individual self, with your spirit and your love. Every person I admire simply lived. They lived without fear or reluctance, and as a result, they bet all of their chips on themselves and overwhelmed their fellow humans with a love of life. When you really live, when you just say "fvck it, I'm gonna die," you become a whole person.
All of my heroes were and are carelessly eccentric. Howard Roark never gave a damn. Frank Lloyd Wright didn't create, he understood, and prevented that understanding from being corrupted. Steve Jobs is owned by nothing, save elegance and integrity of purpose. Miles Davis, Salvador Dali, and Picasso practically destroyed themselves for the sake of the creative spirit. Politicians, in their best moments, just call sh!t like it is.
When a person is an admirable person, they don't give a fvck. And their selves shine through. And those watching smile inside and know that that person is speaking from his powerful, compassionate soul.
Taking is not wrong. Stealing is. Taking for the sake of living is just as responsible as not taking for the sake of not disturbing. You have a good heart; you won't corrupt the world by acting in it.
The biggest mistake you can make is to submit to fear. Punishing yourself through inaction may be comfortable to you -- but that's only because it's familiar, it's "home" to your psyche. Don't deceive yourself. There's another home for you, if you want it. It's located closer to your heart than to your inhibitions. With time it will become comfortable to you, and it will be your new home.
So be yourself. With that, I mean trust that you passionately being you is your best shot at inspiring others (and as a consequence, immortality).
You can be a beacon for humanity. And why not go for it? You'll be dead soon.
Wait if you want.
Then you'll be dead, and oh so safe and secure (but you'll also be dead). And the world will be at a loss for what you could have contributed. And a teenager will be crying alone somewhere when they come to the realization that the greatest compassionate souls in the world are often extinguished at an early age and never re-ignited. They just emit a wisp of smoke that softens until they leave this world.
Go fvck sh!t up.
