22.That night, he went out for a walk. He began thinking, but now his thoughts had a different quality to them.
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33.When that object fails to meet the standards and expectations you have of it, you feel the negative repercussions.
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34.A struggle against it begins, a struggle to make amends with your own self-loathing. An endless uphill battle.
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35.Yet no measure of success can appease the ego. There is always "more". There is always "better". And there is always "failure".
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36.What you really want is to live beyond this narrow, self-imposed structure of keeping score that is imprisoning you.
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37.Look around you! Who cares? Who really gives a fuck, expect you and your precious ego? Who else is keeping tabs?
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38.The scorecard is suffocating you. It is obstructing your self-expression. It is inhibiting action rather than enabling it.
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39.Comparison to an ideal always fails because ideals do not exist in this life. Love & respect ideals, but don't be their prisoner.
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40.Self-expression requires no justification. Stand as you are. Make your mistakes. Do what makes you come alive. Your life is YOUR life.
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41.Liberate yourself from your inner tyrant. You were always afraid to do it, thinking it would be a disaster. The tyrant is the disaster.
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42.There is no scorecard -your imaginary points are always shifting; they are never fixed. The "score" itself is helplessly inconsistent!
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43.Don't play the score game, it is the fool's gold. Why do it? The real gold is in your grasp! Your unique opportunity to be you and alive.
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44.To be alive is to revel in the uniqueness of your life. Not to be counting imaginary pebbles and measuring them against others' pebbles.
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45.Celebrate everything, it comes only ONCE in your life. Don't measure it. Don't miss it. Be there for it, learn from it, move with it.
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46.Embrace yourself as you are, embrace your life as it is. To keep score is to miss yourself and to miss life. Go and live your life."
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47."Man... I never thought about this, but I do it too.. I do it so much." Jack said. Max nodded silently as they kept walking.
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48.They stopped in front of a bench and sat down. Max lit a cigarette as they sat silently next to each other as good friends do.
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49."I'd like to have a copy of your journal about that, if you don't mind. I'd like to be reminded from time to time" Jack said.
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50."I'll photocopy it for you", replied Max. "Hey, how's your book going?" Jack asked, changing the subject.
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51."It's done. I don't know if I'm going to publish it though. I've already started writing the new one", said Max.
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52."Great stuff man. That's real good." nodded Jack, looking into the distance. A Soft rain began to pour, but none of them minded much.
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53. The End. (thank you for reading)
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