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 january 03, 1999
eternal truths
- this is it
- there are no hidden meanings
- you can't get there from here, and
besides, there's no place else to go
- we are already dying, and we will
be dead for a long time
- nothing lasts
- there is no way of getting all you
want
- you can't have anything unless you
let go of it
- there is no particular reason why
you lost out
on some things
- the world is not necessarily just!
being good often does not pay off and there is no
compensation for misfortune
- you have a responsibility to do
your best
nonetheless
- it is a random universe to which
we bring meaning
- you don't really control anything
- you can't make anyone love you
- no one is any stronger or weaker
than anyone else
- everyone is, in his own way,
vulnerable
- there are no great men
- if you have a hero, look again:
you have diminished yourself in some way
- everyone lies, cheats, pretends
(yes, you too, and most certainly i myself)
- all evil is potential vitality in
need of transformation
- all of you is worth something, if
you will only own it
- progress is an illusion
- evil can be displaced but never
eradicated, as all problems
- yet it is necessary to keep on
struggling toward solutions
- childhood is a nightmare
- but it is so very hard to be an
on-your-own,
take-care-of-yourself-cause-there-is-no-one
-else-to-do-it-for-you grown-up
- each of us is ultimately alone
- the most important thing, each man
must do for himself
- love is not enough, but it sure
helps
- we have only ourselves, and one
another
- that may not be too much, but
that's all there is
- how strange, that so often, it all
seems worth it
- we must live within the ambiguity
of partial freedom, partial power, and partial
knowledge
- all important decisions must be
made on the basis of insufficient data
- yet we are responsible for
everything we do
- you can run, but you can't hide
- it is most important to run out of
scapegoats
- we must learn the power of living
with our helplessness
- all of the significant battles are
waged within the self
- you are free to do whatever you
like
- you need only to face the
consequences
- what do you know... for sure...
anyway?
- learn to forgive yourself, again
and again and again...
derived from Asian philosophies by
Sheldon B. Kopp
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