i dunno anything anymore..if i was ever sure its gone..
that is the beginning of wisdom.............
now is the time to study, to create a more mature and realistic view of life, with no preconceptions...........
you are incredibly lucky, to be in a position to use force of will, to throw off outmoded assumptions and look at the world with the eyes of a babe.........
it's an opportunity, not a setback, if you look at it a certain way..........use a mighty effort to see the world as it is, not as you have seen it through the filter of your upbringing & experiences..........not as you want it to be, but as it appears before you, as if for the first time..........
apply this principle to your self-evaluation, discard old perceptions and see yourself anew--the devil, and the angel...........see your true self as part of a greater whole, all of its parts being of great value........
i can say all this because i reached a find-a-reason-to-live-or-die dead end many years ago, i had nowhere left to hide, nothing left to believe in.............a study of existential philosophy and the basic beliefs of buddhism turned me around, and what i wrote above (which is my mantra, a core creed) i believe saved my life then.......
thus allowing me to come along and pester you with my puerile ravings........but i believe every word, and it all worked for me, or i wouldn't have posted this
long-winded bastard that i am, i guess i'm not above preaching............and that's all you're gonna get out of me today!