RE: What would you sacrifice to change your life or the world for the better?
Good post, although not necessarily agreeing with you
(but I do... but I don't.. but I do).
😂
Pursuing the truth in life doesn't have to mean exclude 'living in the moment, though..
From a personal perspective, I have lived a very 'hedonistic' lifestyle, and while that may have meant possibly less time in 'searching for truth', it is by no means at the expense of living truth.
From my own personal viewpoint, it could also be argued that is is the 'never living in the moment' that's it a big contributor to many of the negative aspect of the world as we know it today, and that has caused 90% of the world ill's.
With planing ahead...comes control.
...on a more (slightly flippant note), I have seen many of my peers grow old, planning ahead, and always putting 'the now' off, for this elusive future.. and never living for today..
It would be shame let this fantastic gift of life pass you by just because your eye is always somewhere else, and never in the present...
We all end up in the same place.
Another good post sir!
I mean it more in terms of a focus on that. It's a whole mantra now, be in the moment, enjoy life, positivity, etc. It distracts from going into the shit and mud to figure things out. I also don't mean planning ahead as in focusing on getting X before doing Y in a persona life setting and avoiding doing things and putting them off... ;)
I agree with you there, hence the 'but I do... but I don't.. but I do'.
Saying that I do wonder sometimes if all roads lead, not only to the same destination - but if we are always on the same road, somehow, just with different scenery. (such a poor illustration).
I'll try again...
I jumped out of academia at 17. Made my own way, lived my hedonistic life for 3 decades, before 'red pilling' (for want of a better word) My life events brought me to this place.
IF I had chose other routes - whatever they were, academic, professional, blah,blah...
I think arriving at 'red pill station', would have been around the same time.....
...if you see what mean..
...there, that's much better! lol