MP - the Taoist ideal if I understand it correctly is to seek excellence but not worldly wealth (live simply) or fame (be humble.) Does this sound like it might be an acceptable compromise to you?
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MP - the Taoist ideal if I understand it correctly is to seek excellence but not worldly wealth (live simply) or fame (be humble.) Does this sound like it might be an acceptable compromise to you?
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First you get good, then you get fast, then you get good and fast.
The Smarmy Host
Rich and famous is the way to go.
Happiness is of course, the most important aspect of life, because if you arent happy, whats the point?
I thought happiness was the eternal goal in life?
Oh well.
No time to pour all of my thoughts out on this one. Ill have to get back to it.
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I think most famous people tend to be pretty miserable.
All right now, son, I want you to get a good night's rest. And remember, I could murder you while you sleep.
Hey son, I bought you a puppy today after work. But then I killed it and ate it! Hahah, I´m just kidding. I would never buy you a puppy.
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"Three switched witches watch three Swatch watch switches. Which switched witch watch which Swatch watch switch?."
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Cross-examination.
MerryPrankster is right. Commitment and first of all motivation is needed to move on. Find something to motivate you.Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.Well,he´s been fed "rights"&"truths" now.Chen Zhen is also partly right.
Of course,if he (Kirstoffer.Intentional typo´) is not actually going to act on someone else´s gospel,safe he/we are.
What CSN said the first,has at least some kernels of truth to it though.Pretty safe advice.
On one hand (which I have two of),Kristogger (intentional typo´2) is basically hinting at HIS possible "right" answer in his first post.
Am I to do what I want,with all the ups&down´s included?
Talk about vague predictions/advice.Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
The sunset´s setting down.Lay me on the forest floor.
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ok, alot of good advise, although i think some of it is a little mis-interperted(maybe like kung lek's advice, but i dont feel like getting into that really).
if you are anything like me, then already you know what you want to do. but now are asking questions to try and figure out what other people say. so just go with what you want to do, it took me about 2 years of trying other stuff even though i was sure it wasnt really what i wanted to do, but it was something i could do. so after trying that stuff and figuring out (the harder way) that it sucked(even though i knew it would beforehand), im pretty much now in the direction i originally knew i wanted to be in anyway. so i just pretty much wasted 2 yrs (i could have pretty much graduated or got a double major by now if i hadn't done that) (could i state this in any more of a roundabout way?)
do what you love to do, somewhere, i imagine, you know what this is, dont worry about what others say/do, just do what you want to do.
"Follow your bliss" - J. Campbell
Grand Pooba
Wow, I'm seeing a lot of things I just utterly disagree with here, especially the idea of just letting go of the idea of wanting something. Sure, it's one way to be "happy" if you can call giving up happy. I'd rather bust my butt and never make it and look back on a life of fighting for what I want than give up.These two ideas aren't mutually exclusive to me. How long do you bust your butt before you realize that your either your goal isn't going to happen or something truely more important comes along. I spent 12 years busting my butt to make it as a musicianIf you "want" something, but cannot attain it in a timeline you create, it is this wanting that will make you unhappy. If you let things come and fall into place, you will be happy.
and did well enough. This goal was replaced with providing a happy home for my wife. Still had time to do marital arts (Kali, Muay Thai and BJJ 5 - 6 days a week) but then this was replaced with providing a good home for my first son. My #1 goal is still to provide for my family. Karate is very important to me and I practice as much as I can. Unfortunatly for me some injuries have not gone away and get in the way of me chasing rank and could be a source for frustration. They don't get in the way of me learning and getting better at what I can do and I'll have to be content with that. Maybe because I did chase my dream when I was younger I'm able to be content, but not satisfied, with where I am and where I'm going.
I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows
The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
DM
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The Profligate Son
A serious commitment can truely change your goals in life. But until then just keep doing what makes you happy whether it be music, martial arts, hobbies, etc..
IE serious girlfriend or marriage.
"Don't Focus on the Fingers or You will miss all the Heavenly Glory!"
Morbicid-"Maybe some moves are made just so that, if u somehow manage to pull them off in a fight, u get some serious bragging rights.
Many famous fighters have done this (roy jones jr, chuck norris, Morbicid, etc)"
even if you win ...
tomorrow ill go to work, train a little, walk the dog, do some puzzels with my daughter, make dinner, clean up, read to my daughter for bed time, possibly have sex with the woman, play some video games, and go to bed.
where's my beer?
Furthr
Rogue, goals change, and that's fine. But I bet you pursue providing for your family with the same or even more verve than you pursued being a musician.
The question is pretty simple. What are your goals?
Then, do what you've got to do to accomplish them and don't let anything stand in your way.
A vision without follow through is just a dream.
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Merryprankster has punched the correct in the stomach then taken it home for a night of watersports and chinese basket weaving.
Regards
Furthr
When I take the correct home, she and I do a lot more than watersports and chinese basket weaving.
Uh...
Never mind.
"In the world of martial arts, respect is often a given. In the real world, it must be earned."
"A stupid man's report of what a clever man says is never accurate because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand. "--Bertrand Russell
"Liberals - Cosmopolitan critics, men who are the friends of every country save their own. "--Benjamin Disraeli
"A conservative government is an organised hypocrisy."--Benjamin Disraeli
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Actually there's one other detail: set goals that you are capable of reaching. That's where wisdom comes into play. It isn't that tough though. These are the types of goals we naturally set for ourselves. But you have to be wary nonetheless.
Grand Pooba
A vision without follow through is just a dream.On thinking about it they are differenct. I can't give up on the family or take a break from being a dad. There are certain kinds of goals that we can always walk away from and others once chosen it's for good. Right now my martial arts goals are changing, maybe it's age but now I'm trying to move away from training to just spar. There's a lot to learn out there and I've finally met up with some people willing to teach it. Nothing mystical, just the pieces that I always felt were missing in my training.But I bet you pursue providing for your family with the same or even more verve than you pursued being a musician.
I quit after getting my first black belt because the school I was a part of was in the process of lowering their standards A painfully honest KC Elbows
The crap that many schools do is not the crap I was taught or train in or teach.
Dam nit... it made sense when it was running through my head.
DM
People love Iron Crotch. They can't get enough Iron Crotch. We all ride the Iron Crotch for the exposure. Gene
Find the safety flaw in the training. Rory Miller.
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