Most of us strive for a wholesome life, always in search of a balance between competing forces. We all need some moon to go with our sun: a bit of a poet to balance the warrior!
I’ll start. One of my favorite things to do is hang around drinking and smoking. But sometimes I feel like I end up smoking too much. I then make a rule not to light another one until I finish the drink. Then once I fix the next drink, I state to myself: “SoBad has been a Good Drinker, surely he deserves another smoke now”. I feel that third-person style of assessment adds an aura of objectivity and fairness.
