Brandon Burns

How To Ruin A Life:

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would use substances to alter my mood, so I would no longer have to feel solely responsible for generating my own happiness, and to numb my perception of this world’s harsh realities & my own shortcomings.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would idolize money, s*x, power, and status - centering my life’s goals around them, sacrificing to them, basing every decision on how I could accumulate those things in the most quantity. I would believe that if I only had enough, then finally I may be satisfied in this life.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would make choices based on other people’s expectations, opinions, or desires for me. I would not be my own man with my own soul and my own will - but rather, a constant conglomerate of other people’s souls and wills.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would focus my attention strictly on what would feel best in each present moment, with no eye for transcendent contribution.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would not think deeply about the information which I was being given by the media, the government, or other individuals. I would take all that I see and hear as truth, and acquiesce to whatever I was told.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would use people only for what I could get from them, I would be inconsistent and unreliable, I would care only about myself in the present moment.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would allow myself to be solely guided by my emotions, carnal desires, and circumstances. I would ignore my instincts, I wouldn’t listen to the whispers of my soul, I would be fleeting in everything I do or think.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would be entitled, yet self-loathing. I would be ambitious, yet lazy. I would be competitive, yet timid. I would battle with myself daily.

If I wanted to ruin my life, I would distrust, or perhaps even disbelieve, God - and put all the pressure of the world on myself and myself alone.

- B

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- B