melodicalchemy

One thing I have an issue with nowadays is discerning truth from illusion, or truth and fiction. Who can be trusted to tell the truth? Whose knowledge is verifiable? How exactly can someone be extremely knowledgeable in one regard but completely lack expertise in another? What information do I choose to integrate? Should I even integrate anything they’re saying at all? What is their motive, their agenda? How can I assess one’s character? How can we determine what’s worthwhile for ourselves? Why do some relationships end, and some blossom into lifelong friendships? What is the goal of human endeavor? Will the answer to the previous question differ on a person-by-person basis? What are some of the ways we can provide service? In other words, how do we provide of ourselves in a way that is good for the sake of being good, and not just for a monetary or social gain? I asked the questions, and I answered them as best I could. Here are my answers: Who can be trusted to tell the truth? That d...

​ Drugs and alcohol take away years of your life. You'll be made a fool of yourself so long as you engorge yourself with substances. You'll miss out on the best years of your life and spend so much money and time pursuing something that is slowly killing you and robbing you of your potential to live life on your own terms. Your risk of dying explodes. Your brain will be fucked, and you'll need it for the years of work you'll have to do, hopefully at a job that isn't so soul crushing enough that you question the meaning of it all. You'll be a slave to your neurochemistry, chasing a high and mental state of mind that can only be instated by consuming substances and then abruptly crashing down into your reality, which, by the way, doesn't change positively through drug use or drinking in any good way. Your reputation? Ruined. Your trust in others and most importantly yourself? Shattered. You'll be left alone and won't even have yourself as company. Only...