Now that we have talked about power, there is a huge race that people run for a high rank status. We all want to fit in so much that some of us do not notice that they are higher than the level they assume they want to be in. It is madness, to think of it. It has been preached for a long time now that one must be careful of whom they associate themselves with, and the answer is always the same: keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

I have always thought of that that statement as a metaphor. But, to my shock, there are people out there who really keep their enemies close, and it never ends well, believe you me. I mean, why on earth would anyone want to be friends with someone that hates them? It does not make sense. So, in order to avoid having to befriend an enemy, you need to stop bragging about your achievements or the things you own, because not everyone is always vouching for you.

Believe it or not, there are people out there who cannot wait to see you dead. In fact, there are people who would pay millions to drag you in the mud. Then, there is you, bragging that your success intimidates other people. Have you ever really stopped and realise how annoying saying things like that makes you?

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Other questions I like asking people are, have you ever felt physically and emotionally drained? Or have you ever felt like your mind is about to explode, and it is calculating things so fast, it feels like a time bomb?

I have personally once felt that way. But, even though I felt that way, I did not spoil my emotions by having suicidal thoughts, or wonder how the feeling of death would be. It is true, I sometimes feel like perhaps death is better than the feeling that I am feeling right now, but, even though I feel this way, I always feel like it sounds like self petty or the devil playing mind games with me.

But how do I control my mind when these kind of things start to happen? Especially when it feels like I am being possessed by something, and I cannot explain it? The worst thing is having someone who has it all tell you that life is bigger than what you are going through, or them trying to tell you to not think about certain things. But then again, I guess it is easy for them to say such things.

To be honest, I felt very emotional before I started writing this, and now I am focusing on something else. So, I guess it is true when they say ‘try not to think about it’. But, it would do you good to not avoid it. Come up with something that will challenge your mind, and you will automatically stop thinking about a lot of things you do not have answers to.

After writing that paragraph, I feel like I have dealt with emotional and psychological stress. However, physically I am still tired. I think with a bit of rest I will be fine, but that, too, is not that easy.

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Before I continue, I want to make a confession:

I love food, and to be honest, I am really over weight. But, I have always been someone who imagines themselves as having a nice, buffy body with muscles, but in reality, that is not true. I look like a cute bear, or Poomba, and believe me, it does not bother me one bit. But, when I look at that mirror, I still see myself as the world’s greatest.

Now, here is the problem with me, I love sports, a lot, and every time I watch those athletes, they challenge me to put in a bit of effort at the gym. I also enjoy going to the gym, a lot, but the problem is food. I obviously do the diet thing, but the problem I have is eating the right quantity of food. I also hate fruits, they really do not do well with my sensitive teeth.

Some of our local gyms are the worst. They are not friendly at all. It is like you are paying to go stare at buff people, who obviously know what they are doing. But, recently, a friend of mine invited me to a gym at the location. To my surprise, when I got there, it was nothing close to what I imagined it would be. For starters, the place belonged to a guy who did not have more than 10 gym equipment, and he just decided to invite other young people around to join him at his home gym.

The most exciting part about the experience I had at that gym was the excitement of being around buff young men who were not selfish about going through the experience with the rest of us. That is what gym should be like. When you are at that gym, you hardly feel the pain because there is laughter in what you are doing.

I also had another problem though: I live in town, and the distance to the gym is long without transportation, or having someone to go with. My friend travels a lot, and she sometimes she cannot make it.

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