25

It is taking its toll. On your health. The time you have left. The body you have that will one day become a prison. The slings and arrows of life. Ironic isn’t it that sometimes those of death seem preferable to some?

Some people believe the key when reaching this understanding is to blaze away their lives in glory. Pack as much as they can into what they have left.

Others seek to maximize every minute. Eat healthy, stay healthy, live healthy.

So what’s best? On one hand, you really guess it comes down to whether or not someone has children. So if no kids, go crazy?

Think like you were taught to think in college – the last time you actually were as smart as you thought you were…

Maximum revenue when factoring in taxation, cost, or any two components – balance.

9 x 1

…8 x 2

……7 x 3

………6 x 4

…………5 x 5

………4 x 6

……3 x 7

…2 x 8

1 x 9

If you want the most, it’s balance and 25.

In all things, balance yields the most benefit. Seeking to maximize the joy in one’s life and maximize the life one can be joyous.

So how do you do that? Balance.

By grounding yourself into something more important than just you, and holding true to it. What’s fascinating is that you will soon find that the numbers…. change…

Then at some point you’ll discover that 7 x 3 slowly becomes 8 x 4… because of the prosperity of being grounded in the light.

Seems boring, doesn’t it? It’s not. It’s sustainable Joy. It doesn’t have the rush of being Cinderella… but true meaning and fulfillment mean so much more in the long run.

Just like avoiding sugar, your taste buds slowly adjust and vegetables taste better… avoiding the darkness makes the light even warmer.

The Crow felt emptiness in her journey after taking a skewed detour down roads she has already been down and abandoned for good reason.

You truly want to be closer to her. Now, that there is finally a tinge of some familiar, unexplained feeling twinkling like a distant star from the far northwest…

But she is keeping quiet. You know why. She said she’s going to be talking to a Catholic priest about God. Mind-bogglingly good news, despite how bizarre it seems. 🤔

How you wish she could sit down with Marshall from your church. Or Dean. Or Lizzie. Not you though. You had your chance. 😔

Doesn’t matter. You still have to be prepared. Armored. Damn, you wish you could’ve done more.

But you became unbalanced. 25, Atreyu. 5 x 5. You’re just not getting enough out of 8 x 2.

All you’re getting is 160 / 100. And freaking idiot it’s time you actually start caring about that kind of stuff.

Sustainable Joy. 25. Then make both numbers bigger. And add them to someone else’s if you ever find…well, forget that part.

You’re past halfway to the grave.

Please learn balance before it’s too late.