Tyler Durden's Quote of the Week... III

Been a long time since I had these going, but in light of getting my writing out more recently...

let's bring back Tyler Durden's quote of the week:

"No Fear. No Distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter TRULY slide."

The way I see it, most of us (and by most of us i mean the 98% of us that aren't corporate CEO efficiency maniacs, highly organized motivational speakers, and/or highly refined philosophically sound masters of our college education) are constantly being distracted.

CONSTANTLY being distracted.

Pulled THIS direction by the group of friends we keep to go spend our down time hanging out, pulled THAT direction by a significant other who's making a serious life change and trying to bring us with. Roped into buying this piece of vintage thrift store fashion because we had seen somewhere that that label had at one point in history been "chic" and will portray us better, or sucked into some political ranting about some event even though we've only seen the American Media's perspective on it, because we want to be looked at as politcally educated...

My point being, I feel like I'm part of a generation that does NOT let what truly doesn't matter slide. We get caught up in clinging to everyone else's opinion, and just throwing our two cents in, whether it falls upon deaf ears or not.

...but who decides what does and does not matter? Who is burdened with the job of creating our moral code?

Our Parents?

Our Church?

Fox News?

I mean, they all have an opinion about our lives, just like we have an opinion about theirs... and because of that, careful, careful consideration should be given to anyone that has an opinion about our lives... (well maybe not fox news) but at the end of the day, WE alone carry the burden of deciding for ourselves what's RIGHT. What's REAL. Using the power of our own minds we have to take in all exterior opinion and observe outside information decide for ourselves what of all of that is valid, and where we have to fill in the gaps to have our own moral code that will guide us.

As that vision becomes clearer, it becomes easier to just say:

"You know what, I've put in the work figuring my life out. I KNOW what I want, and i KNOW how to get there... 'No Fear. No Distractions. The ability to let that which does not matter truly slide'"

-V