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Atreyu
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Re: How to decide

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Ranvier wrote: This is a nice cliche that can be interpreted as "there are many ways to accomplish the same destination but some ways are better than others". Instead, if interpreted as Atreyu suggests, this mantra may lead to the path of Hedonism that may offer the superficial pleasure of the body but maybe meaningless and woven with despair of the consciousness. One must "know" the "destination" first, to make the most out of the "journey".

I'll use this analogy: The car journey has ended in a destination but would it be possible to complete that journey without the steering wheel? What we do may seem insignificant in the "grand scheme" of things but it's Paramount to who one will "become" in the future, as well as the future of others. Let me place it in the perspective of the "time travel", if it were possible, where any or even a most insignificant change to the "past" would profoundly alter the future history in the "compounding" cause and effect. Therefore, everything we do is significant, not only for the personal reasons.
I agree with what I've highlighted in red, however, this simply isn't absolutely possible. The ultimate destination cannot be known because ultimately it's abstract, i.e. it's outside the boundaries of our current perception/cognition. Knowing our ultimate destination would be akin to knowing what happens after we die, or knowing what lies outside the boundaries of what we call "reality". It simply can't be known until we get there, i.e. experience it.

However, we can have a better or worse idea about where we are going, and, naturally, the more one knows about it, the more effective one will be in steering towards it...
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Re: How to decide

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You can take responsibility or you can point the finger at others.

You are the only one who can really judge your own cowardice.

One person can make a huge difference. Live as you deem worthy and courageous (or at least strive to.) To roll over and die seems fairly childish to me even if it is a legitimate position we'll all no doubt fall into on occasion due to the **** life sometimes throws at us. Everyone has a reason to do nothing. Doing nothing is incredibly easy too. I don't yet see how taking the easy option benefits the individual. The tougher the path the more there is to learn and the greater the progress. Just start out with a small goal with a greater purpose in mind. First of all create an ideal of perfection and its counter position.

Courage is essentially knowing how to use your fears to shift you toward progress. "Discipline" is a by-product of learning how to position your fears and navigate to your dream life. I've never believed in "discipline" and never will. For me discipline is the appearance to others of intent put into action, it is not something one can simply DO only something one expresses once they have a plan of action which will move them toward their personal "dream".
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Re: How to decide

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Be a little selfish. Given your outlook on the world, you are vulnerable to regretting that you did too little with your life, when you look back on today from your deathbed in the future. Don't be that guy.
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