Two choices

Always thought you had two choices: one is to be more content with less (Buddhist asceticism); or the other is hunger to attain more.

Though young and inexperienced, I think there is enough hearsay of lottery winners, billionaires or people who otherwise ‘lucked out’ but are unhappy and restless for you to see the two sides. Of course, the other side is just as relevant: if we all became Buddhist monks, who will feed us? And if our only purpose is to renounce all worldly desires, the next logical step for the people who are not capable is to fall into a pit of nihilism is it not?

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.”

– Matthew 5:3

I take this scripture to mean something like, the common man who tries honestly and valiantly is blessed.

On the popular Joe Rogan podcast, Dan Bilzerian says this to the eponymous host: “I know exactly what you’re talking about. It’s like, the sweet is never as sweet without the bitter.”

It’s important when contemplating these kinds of things to ask yourself, how do I feel about Dan Bilzerian? Do I think he’s a moron? Am I in denial about my jealousy for his lifestyle? If I was him, what would I do with my wealth, would I come to the same conclusions he did? Do I look up to him (what a sick cunt)? If so, what are you coveting exactly: the wealth; the fame; the women or… any lifestyle that’s not as ‘boring’ as yours?

Is it the man who eats at the best restaurants in the world and says he’s “maybe at like a six or a seven [out of ten]?” living a good life or the cliché of a homeless man who is content with a measly shared bowl of soup?

I submit this line also shifts, and is definitively distinct for each individual.