The circular nature of the OT (and also the even more circular nature of my OT posting)
TRIPLE META SCORE!
Will anyone vouch for a 4th level? (and not in my post).
I think this is the best in the thread.
No way dude, El Mach's star colonization 15,000 years from now was way cooler.
I'm going to rap my way out of the ghetto.
I like this one.
I have visions of my future. I see a few different homes owned for different times of the year. I see children, I see a business empire bearing my name. I see my contributions through politics advancing the lives of all people. My people are my equals, and they are every person of the world. I see friends, family, a longtime lover. I see giant zeppelins and glorious sunrises and pristine mountains and towers of civilization. I see good health and happiness and conviction. I see sorrow but acceptance and I fear some regret. I am 62.
Dialing this down, I do hope I can achieve the status of "21st century Ben Franklin". I like to "touch" things. I have had already such a diverse series of experiences, so many of them others are too constrained, by fear or inertia or lack of vision. Mostly small things, but then, I only came to life at 18 anyway. I had to catch up on being a teenager, being a student, and being an ambitious person, while still having limited energy reserves to do it. But it helped by freely dreaming this stuff since I was, I dunno, 13? 8? I
never, ever, avoid a dream or pursuit because it's "unrealistic", and to break from my intended pacifism, death to those who do.
But I do sometimes retreat from something I want because I am afraid. Even if less than others, it's something I still have to work through. I am afraid of success as much as failure, because I have been Goi finally getting a full share of Yam Gruel. I am also sometimes afraid to fail at things I feel I should be good at, things that will show me my self perception is a lie, that my ego is greater than "my me". It's why visualization is so important, and why faith is critical. It's the sun that dispels the mist of "fear of the unknown". You're fighting one psychology with another, and the faith side wins. Almost all of my success happens when I am completely faithful I will pull off my aims even with immense evidence of why I should fail. And my failures happen when I entertain doubts, reasonably or otherwise.
My highest goal is to live a spiritually good life. Wrap up the reincarnation cycle. That sort of thing.