Thompson “Īs long as I’m learning something, I figure I’m OK – it’s a decent day. Thompson, The Curse of Lono “įreedom is something that dies unless it’s used. Yesterday’s weirdness is tomorrow’s reason why. I was not proud of what I had learned but I never doubted that it was worth knowing. It is not necessary to accept the choices handed down to you by life as you know it. It was the tension between these two poles – a restless idealism on one hand and a sense of impending doom on the other – that kept me going. At the same time, I shared a dark suspicion that the life we were leading was a lost cause, that we were all actors, kidding ourselves along on a senseless odyssey. I was never idle long enough to do much thinking, but I felt somehow that some of us were making real progress, that we had taken an honest road, and that the best of us would inevitably make it over the top. Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living within that way of life. Thompsonīut beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Thompson “Īnything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing. If you’re going to be crazy, you have to get paid for it or else you’re going to be locked up.
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