- Litl devil

Inside all of us is a litl devil

Call it your other side

Your dark side

Your entities

Whatever the name the idea is the same a ''you'' that at times controls the good you

Leads you to do silly things

Gets in the way at just the wrong time

Causes you to lose control

Talking here about feeling better about our lives and why we do not because of that - litl devil
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I tried to give some ideas in my previous blog "After Alcohol" and maybe did not go far enough
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Why we do not have the lives we want
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Why we keep shooting ourselves in the foot
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One reason is because we have never really thought about it
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Never looked for reasons
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Just accepted it as the way it is
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Went along with the crowd
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Wondering why we never quite feel satisfied
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Even though we have enough money to buy amusements
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To endlessly amuse ourselves, often as a way to avoid thinking about such issues as why we keep shooting ourselves in the foot doing silly things at the wrong time
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Diverting ourselves to death though is no answer
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Paying for amusements does not satisfy us for ever either
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TV, video games, cinema and so on are fine if we do other things as well
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If selfish amusements are all we do then yes over time you will feel dissatisfied with your life
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If your life is only about amusing yourself then over time this will be less and less satisfying
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If your idea of life is only about what you feel or do then this will not work over time either
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Just amusing yourself to death in other words
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It is here that the - litl devil makes its appearance
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When our lives have no real purpose we do silly things that we then regret
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We go and get drunk because we can't think of anything else to do
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We literally waste our time, like our lives are forever
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Rewarding ourselves after a week's work is fine
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Just being selfish with our time is not so fine
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Why?
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Because boredom will result often in doing silly things we then regret
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That black hole that leads us into trouble
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We often forget that life is about learning
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Forever turning off and freewheeling does not do it
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Just repeating the things we know throughout our lives does not do it
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Life is here for us to learn
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To learn the myriad things we don't know
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To do new things
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To face our fears
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To help others
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So if your life keeps leading you into trouble then time to  figure out why you keep doing dumb or stupid things
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Time to do something for others
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Doing things for others gives us a better feeling about ourselves
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Being selfish does not
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Having a direction and purpose helps
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Having a reason to get out of bed is important
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We are here to help others not just ourselves
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This is why after we do something for others we feel good
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Try doing something for others
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Not for money nor for gain just do it because it feels right
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Once your life includes reasons for being other than just being for yourself life feels different
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Better even
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And guess what the - litl devil makes less appearances
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In fact over time he loses power over you
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And you come to control your life
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Nice feeling