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« on: March 01, 2007, 05:30:58 pm »
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Some awesome image or something
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Congratulations!
Most of the people who saw this thing did NOT pick it up. They did NOT open it. And they did NOT receive the praise with which I am now spraying you. You kick ass! Why is that?
You, my friend, are one of the chosen few. You are awake enough to take notice of your surroundings. If you were a wild animal, (and I'm sure you are!) you'd have a better chance to survive than all of them. Look around, man, most of them are asleep. Or at least they act like it.
And they're asleep for good reason - there's no reward for being awake, for being conscious of what's going on around you. Most of them are bored and miserable. Maybe you are too.
Hey, if you're satisfied with your life, good for you. Me, I can't sleep at night sometimes because I have this feeling that my life could be so much cooler if only I could figure out how to make it that way. I want to go to bed every night thinking, "That was great. I did not waste a single minute of that day." Don't you?
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A lot of people feel like they're trapped in their lives. I know that sometimes I wake up and realize that I've been in a rut for what seems like years. It's easy to get lulled to sleep by The Routine. The Rut and Grind. The Machine. I know a lot of people who are miserable but are complacent with it. What a tragedy! They insist that they don't have the time or resources to enjoy life anymore.
These people view themselves as victims of society. They're bored and boring, because they feel their lives are ultimately out of their control.
We let the minutes of our day be determined by train and bus schedules, by the nine-to-five grind. We let our bodies drive us through biological rhythms of hunger, fatigue, and sexual release. But you've gotta trust me when I say you can escape all that if you just learn to be aware of it. Yeah, you still have to go to work, but its not a prison sentence.
Cause I mean, even hamsters who live in little glass boxes manage to have fun.
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I want to be really straight-up about my goal.
I believe in the butterfly effect - the idea that really little things can ultimately cause great changes in the world. I’m afraid for humanity, and this is why: I meet very few people that seem to be awake and conscious. Very few people have learned how to use their own brain. Very few people seem to be thinking about their own thoughts – they’re just passive participants in the world. They hear opinions on TV and those opinions become their own. Think for yourself, damn it!
Today, tomorrow, forever, remember to be aware. Look around at your surroundings and ask yourself why you’re doing what you’re doing. You might be satisfied, and if you are, that’s fine. But I really do want you to change the parts of yourself that you aren’t satisfied with. Ignite yourself! While there’s still time!
I want you to be aware of what’s wrong with your day, your life, your world. Then I want you to do something about it.
Cause if you don’t do something about it, it’s gonna be like this forever.
You can’t just keep waiting for things to happen to you. You’ve gotta go out and do them yourself.
If this was a movie, would you be a character in it? Or just an extra?
Be an active force in the world, not a passive one.
Little one liners for margins:
As I write this pamphlet, I ask myself why I’m doing this. It’s to become rich and famous, right?
I can’t come up with anything else at the moment.
The above line won’t make it to print. But maybe this one will.
there should be some meme-bombs in here. Preferably a rhyming one that'll get stuck in your head.
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