I just got done ready the book of pook and the central lesson in all of he's writings and teachings are to focus on yourself and not through the eyes of others Even when in your writings(such as this post) we focus on how we will be percieve so we preface it. Take out what we think will be stupid sounding to others and in the end come up hating it. You know why........... because the you that is behind the facade didnt write it. The entity that wrote it was the person you think other people expect you to be (ponder that for five minutes). Instead of worrying about what other people come to expect yourself ask yourself this all important question instead

WHAT ARE YOUR STANDARDS FOR YOURSELF

Life is too long too torture yourself the length of and too short not to enjoy yourself.

Moral of the story it's YOU at the end of the day thats going to matter the most to YOU and has to live with the decisions YOU make. Don't go through life living by somebody else standards.

That's the beta way of life

Book of Pook