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Originally Posted by Eddie38
Why? I don't have to let the society dictate how I live. I can live however I want. In fact...maybe that's the "worthy ideal" that I will pursue: to achieve my desired lifestyle in spite of the pressure to join our greedy, shallow, fat society.
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Um, that's what I've been trying to tell you.
You're on the right track. 
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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