When it comes to the almost 8 billion people on planet Earth,

there's undoubtedly a variance in the resources at our disposal, the influence we have.

But what we all share is the ability to rule over our own lives, our own thoughts.

As Thoreau said, think for yourself, or others will think for you without thinking of you.

See, life moves quickly.

And if one is unable to slow it down to examine the world around them, well, they'll find

themselves a cog

in the wheel of their own existence, a pawn on the chessboard of life.

Because reality is a battle. A battle of self-interest that requires that we build walls

around that which is precious, that we protected at all costs. Your worldview is the

foundation for everything of value in your life, yet it's constantly under attack. Attack from the

negativity at the gate, the suffering attempting to breach the walls, the outside influences, praying that you'll outsource your thinking, that you'll let them rule from afar.

To maintain control over your own outlook, it's no small feat.

It's perhaps the most important battle of your life it's the difference

between intentionality and chance the role of the ruler or the rule as the saying

goes if you don't build your dream you will spend your days building someone

else if you don't ask yourself what you want in life

those needs will ultimately be buried under nonsensical obligation that takes their place

where there are vacuums in awareness that you will be filled usually not by actors with the same interests as you.

See, mistakes are not the problem.

No mistakes mean you're present, driving towards something,

collecting data for this experiment that is life.

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