I agree with most part of what you have written here. Acceptance of truth is the highest quality according to me and also one that would save all of us a lot of troubles, arguments and headaches.

However the idea put forth in the last paragraph has always been confusing to me. You say that you will make your own choices instead of going with someone else’s agenda. What would you do if that someone else is a near and dear one, like your parents, or a spouse or a sibling or your children? How does the concept of “sacrificing for the family” fit here? To give you an example – Considering that you are dead against owning a house, what if your wife wants to own a house instead of renting one? Would such demands make the dear ones – as you put it – “crappy people” whom one should  not be dealing with? From what I understand being part of a family definitely involves sacrifices, but the question where do we draw the line between putting ones own interests/ambitions first and putting the interests of the family first?

Would love to hear your opinion on this.

dumb piece of turd. If James wrote me a check for disposing your body properly..I would.