Personally, I don't hold grudges. Life's about value & it's fine if you don't momentarily find me valuable enough to respect. But later, when I find value you deem fit, you better have the value I'm looking for. Let it not be, "he has changed." Of course, I changed. Your turn.
A man's life is built on a system.
The system is built on five Japanese philosophies:
Ikigai – Your reason for waking up.
Kaizen – Microscopic daily improvement.
Hara hachi bu – Disciplined abstinence.
Wabi-sabi – Failure is fuel.
Gambaru – Masculine endurance.
Coffee. Black. No sugar because I don't trust anything that makes this easier. The first sip burns and I let it. Pain means I'm still here. Pain means the night didn't win. I hold the cup with both hands like a man holding his own heart outside his body. Just me and something dark that doesn't pretend to be anything else. Everyone else will lie to me today. This won't