Somebody'll eat well tonight...

[tommriddle]

My psyche has been the retarded cow to reality's freight train tonight...hope everybody likes a nice rare steak...

Maybe it was the lunar eclipse; maybe the TV show illustrating where I'll probably be in another 10 or 15 years; maybe just the monotony of having a regular job and paying bills. All it boils down to is the shit I've done has come back

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[raugiel]

pain and suffering are not a key, just a side effect to a lot of different kinds of "work." Any time you're dedicated to a goal, there's likely to be some kind of pain or suffering that comes with achieving it - pulling that all nighter, sacrificing your time or money, whatever. Most people have trouble being dedicated or focused in the face of pain or sacrifice, so the pain gets the focus. Those who can "suffer the pain" succeed, or so it looks. Focus and discipline are what it really takes, and those are the harder things to get. Any masochistic kid hanging out in front of the hot topic can take pain, even invite it and nurture it (along with his ability to put on black eyeliner). But that kid won't be getting up at 7am to make sure he has time to work on his novel before he goes to his 9-5 job. He won't be meditating every day, even the day that his girlfriend dumps him (b/c the world is OVER! OMG!!!!), or he gets taken off someone's top 8 on myspace. Screw pain. Devotion and focus, and the ability to overcome whatever pain gets in