Philosopher / To Philosophize (poem)

Philosopher, c'est apprendre à mourir
Vivez comme si vous n'avez jamais à mourir
et ne connais personne, vivre de manière
et faire l'amour avant de mourir
vous ne mourrez seul et inconnu.

To philosophize is to learn to die
Live as if you never have to die
and not know anyone, so live
and make love before you die
lest you die alone and unknown.

All people are essentially good

From birth all people are essentially good. Environment determines the majority of factors which both help and hinder them. Genetics only accounts for a minority of such factors.

Thus Life is about choices.

When necessary, people may choose to act, and to not act .

For the good among us choose to act and think for the good, while the evil fail to act, let alone contemplate doing good.

Although environment shapes such decisions, today they may be aligned with society, only to be at odds with the world tomorrow .

Without effort the average person will eventually follow a cycle of positive and negative self-talk in her daily routine. Whether positive or negative, this self-talk is influenced by personality and the preference of the person.

One critical factor is the influence of fatigue on the state of mind of the individual. A tired person may tend to become easily agitated, anxious to the point of obsession with the counter-thrust of compulsion.

Not a pretty picture, as far as mental stability goes!

As a result of such agitation when tired she might increasingly prefer negative self-talk to express her feelings and state of mind overall.

Sometimes insomnia may embrace her, leading to temporary mania with increased appetite for stimulus, be it through food, sex or thought.

Of course, the risk of obsession with negative ideation is always there, as with positive ideation — sometimes with attendant optimism.

All of this is positive without the use of psychotropic drugs.

With meditation and cognitive training the patient learns how to visualize positive behavior.

She reduces the negative action of stress in life in favor of effective strategies which promote such behavior.

In doing so, she gains control of her life.