================== RANT OF THE DAY ==================
Been hanging around a martial art message board out there… and there was this discussion about whether or not kids are supposed to be trained in Mixed Martial Arts.
Some said they're too young… with varying ages… start em at 8, start em at 12, start em at 14, start em at 16… some said its okay regardless of age… some said that arming kids with devastating MMA moves (chokes, armbars, triangles, kneebars, etc) is like arming them with guns and knives to use on each other…
Then somebody said that the rigorous training that MMA people do might emotionally scar children for life.
Someone replied regarding the emotional scarring… and said that it is good to toughen up the children and prepare them for the dog-eat-dog, merciless world out there that awaits them. That poster was a little bit extreme in his reply and even said that a "disregard for human life is absolutely necessary!". So you mean somethin like turning children into killing machines with hearts of stone?!?
I agree with everything that poster said… except the "disregard for human life" part. I dunno. Maybe one day I might completely agree or disagree… we shall see…
but anyway…
In this era, you have to be tough. Especially emotionally. Like this lady I know… whose boyfriend is a dickhead with no job and she's gonna divorce him… plus her son doesnt talk to her anymore. In spite of the fact that mother's day is around, she doesnt seem to care less, and focuses her energy on her CATS!!!
Unlike my parents who think its their worst nightmare for their children to break off contact with them.
I wont do that tho. I wont break off contact with my parents cuz I respect them.
But when I reach their age… I will be 100x emotionally stronger than them because it is an absolute necessity or I risk depression, suicide, criminal behavior, jailtime, mental asylum, death, drugs, etc…
I will not give two shits if its valentines or christmas or easter or my birthday or anything else. Everyday is just a day like everyday is.
My parents are in lala-land. Their backgrounds were different and they lived in a culture where everything seems to be much closer… where relationships were alot warmer and friendlier… 25 years together yeah… congratulations. Things are different now. My time is different from your time. My story is different from your story.
So instead of being jealous and longing and yearning for that dream girl and that beautiful happy ending to show up and live happily ever after like a fuckin fairy tale… which is a BIG MENTAL WEAKNESS that still crosses my mind sometimes… and is reinforced by parental influences and media and religious lies…
The right attitude should be to not give two shits. It doesnt exist. Its never gonna happen.
Get up. Fight. Win.
Just like those UFC fighters who take alot of beatings and still win the fight. :)
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