I learned a lot from treating methadone addicts.

I learned that if I took the time to explicitly make sense of their belief system and value selection,

I was able to see why addicts derail their life so viciously over a substance.

It wasn’t because they were weak or that they were from violent families. It was because they unknowingly chose to walk towards hell, one step at a time.

We are one decision away from derailing ourselves, if we don’t explicitly pursue life furthering values.

You will one way or another, pay for the life-negating values you pursue.

It’s just a matter of acknowledging it as your fine to pay rather than shifting blame on someone else.

At the core of our existence, we are meant to work for life-furthering values.

Values that enable the maximum capacity for life to progress;

pursuing competence, maintaining health & establishing a rock solid family on the foundation of integrity.

We are not built for fun & enjoyment.

And if you select your apex value on the basis of pursuing fun, you will pay for it by robbing yourself off meaning.

And the real tragedy is if you don’t understand meaning, where you make the trade-off thinking it’s worthwhile.

The only fun you deserve is the fruits that grow out of your hardship.

The hardship you’ve set your eyes on to progress life to its absolute capacity.

The fun you get to have is a by product of your suffering,

already paid for.

Suffer now as your down payment for prosperity, or pay the fine for your poorly chosen values when life demands it.

We are not here to have fun.

Symbolic representations are everywhere that’s testament to this.

Just open your eyes and you’ll see.