28."What do you mean?", Jack asked. "I threw away the scorecard", Max said. "What's the scorecard?" Jack asked again.
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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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My circumstances are different but I had the same emotional journey from 5 to 25. While Max chanted "I give up" in 18, mine was /1
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"I'm not real. I'm not real. This whole world is not real" and then a huge wave of relief washes over me /2
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Till today I am not sure how to describe what happened. Not sure if anyone would believe me /3
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This reminds me of Maharshi's story.. A similar thing happens to many people, it's uncommon but definitely part of the human experience.
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The feeling lasted for 2 weeks and now I only have the memory of having once that experience. Glad to have it nevertheless
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