It is a gift from above to have supposed friends show their true colors so that we can stop wasting our time with them.
Consider yourself freed from the blindness!
Antennae for droplets of received wisdom
"Did I tell you to serve other people if only in a small way?
There is growth and satisfaction in being part of something
larger than yourself and your life will be richer for knowing this."
- Elizabeth Knapp
Blaise Pascal lived in the 1600s and is famous for his argument for the existence of God,
known as ‘Pascal’s wager.'
Put simply, it states that you should live as though God exists, because if you are right
then you get infinite gains (heaven), and if you’re wrong you get finite losses (some pleasures).
It’s a probabilistic way of thinking, which reflected the fact that Pascal was also a genius
and an accomplished mathematician.
I solved this problem LONG AGO. My answer to such questions is "You go first." Yep, I do exactly that.
My business is nobody else's business. That's why, when they ask these questions, I say... "You go first."
"I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."
"Music is life. Sing a song you love in your head all day long and then see how your day goes.
Really try it. It won't be the same place."