Tag: Thoughts

There are sound reasons to use an attack on character, an appeal to tradition, or “pulling rank” as debate tactics.  But aside from specific circumstances which are served by those tactics—when you want to fluster an opponent, when there’s need for immediate action, etc. etc.—a justification should make logical sense, and educate both parties on…

Much like the knights who began their search for the holy grail where the forest was darkest and where “there was no way or path,”  I believe it is prudent to glean knowledge/strength by examining the areas we find viscerally unpleasant.

I aspire to become what I need to be to do what is right at any given moment.

If I have any free will at all, I will use it to manipulate the parts of me that are mechanically and behavorially predictable (the need to breathe, hydrate, eat, excrete, along with the other iterations of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs).   In this way, I will bound myself with realistic constraints—so that I honor…

In my experience, low doors are often the only way to escape low places.  I take what I can get as a strategic move—not to settle, but to attain elevation so I can reach higher up, and continue ascending.

In the parlance of warfare, procrastination is sitting back and letting the entropic forces of life maneuver on your position.  They seek to take your high ground—the time you have left, your creative potential—a second at a time, making it less and less likely you’ll hit your objective.  But even if you’re doomed to failure,…

In the beginning, it’s incredibly useful to worship what I call “intermediary gods” (ideals like toughness, gurus, discipline, etc. etc.), but as one progresses, it’s very likely they will encounter nuanced situations where those ideals become hindrances.  It doesn’t mean they should abandon these ideals, it just means that if they cling blindly to them…