another point, swimintheundertow made an agrument about how all of our choices are determined by past experiences and how we have reacted to situations in the past.
Consider a recovering drug addict. Under your logic, breaking an addiction would be an impossible feat, considering all an addiction is is repeating actions based on past behavior and previous reactions. How, under your logic, would it be possible for a drug addict to recognize that their actions are not working, and go through the VERY difficult steps in order to break their behavioral cycle?
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What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.
William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways
Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass.
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