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This blog is just a place to write my thoughts, where I can safely practice my writing and see where I can go. It is my point of view that I have been whetting the sword for some time now, but not actually practicing with it.

Which leads me to a question: Is it too late to train the mind to behave differently? Can I learn how to problem solve? To dissect, calculate, step-back, step-forward. Is it too late?

I guess I’ll find out. 

Principle Zero, the first principle I would like to jot down is to “keep walking, to live is to change, to want is to invite suffering” . To take that step to understand, to shake off the rust, to never stop learning. My ultimate goal is to live my life, participating in the holy journey of growth, rationality, progression, and self-actualization that will realize my full potential as a human being. 

I’ve always wondered why I’m this way, but to me, to live life is to participate in a flowing and cascading river of unforgiving waters. If you’re not able to learn how to swim, to stay alert, to keep your head above the water, then you will die a death. This can be a physical death, but what I mean is an aspect of life, such as your goals. If you don’t pivot and adapt, if you don’t accept life and change, you will find yourself facing a reality different from what you’ve been seeking.

I came to the realization of this first principle while listening to the beautiful book “The Art of Happiness.” This coincided at a time in my life where I was suffering extremely. I had just moved, not a friend in a new city, in a totally new environment, in a job position that I disliked, and felt completely alone. 

I was suffering and regretting my choice in moving. Surely I thought, I could of just found a full time position back home. But I wanted adventure! I wanted experience, I wanted to maximize my future return on investment. It felt like that for a bit.

Until reality hit me.

Loneliness, is a bitch. And I wanted friends. It took me a while, and on my second listen to the art of happiness, that’s when I realized this fundamental truth: By my want and passion, I had invited suffering, and by my participation in life, everything is doomed to change.

My sadness, is fleeting. It will someday become replaced with another emotion. So will be my happiness. This is a truth. The faster I accept this, the easier it will be to accept reality.