Why write this book and who the hell am I? Is this a midlife crisis looming around the corner, trying to cash in on cheap fame or am I bored shitless in my relationship?
No, I’m neither of the above. I’m simply a young man going through life and stumbling over day-to-day stuff that concerns me, and wants to write this down for my kids to read one day. You can decide to drop the book on the floor or throw it in the fire to get warm on a cold winters evening, but for me it has helped become a better man – I hope! Why not share some of my thoughts, some perhaps provocative, and give you some advice based on my experiences.
I’m sure that you have often wondered why things happen to you and why they don’t happen to people around you. Some stuff only seems to happen to your neighbor or distant family members. This book will explore various topics and give my views and comments, which you might not agree with. But, keep in mind you are entitled to your own views and opinions, and you should not let other people control you. Orson Wells might have some future telling abilities regarding CCTV, Big Brother is watching, but you still have control of your own mind.
I actually want to use this book to remind myself about a fantastic childhood I had, how it was to grow up and what it is like to be an adult. It is an appreciation for my parents who brought me into this world and taught me many valuable lessons – perhaps not appreciated as much when I was a kid, but it all makes sense when you grow up and start your own family. Our parents are often right. So, to my parents, I love you very much and is very grateful for all the things you’ve taught me over the years and for supporting me in my choices.
You however, have to make your own choices, and sometimes these are not easy, but they will show parts of the path before you, and you can always make another choice that brings you down a different path. No path is the right path, unless it is crime, but it is the path you have chosen. You simply have to make the most out of it and accept it - but, strive towards higher goals all the time; personal as well as professional.
A few of my favorite quotes:
“You have to choose what to do with the time given to you”, Gandalf
“I went into the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived", Henry David Thoreau
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