Affirmation: Every step I take, no matter how small, is a step toward understanding my purpose.
Dear Diary,
What’s the highest elevation of the self?
Is it wealth or glory?
Is the highest elevation of the self even a true story?
Like, is it possible?
Sometimes I wonder if I’m a philosopher, searching for the truth. Religion says searching is a form of Lucifer, but I’m just a questioner—a quester.
I don’t know.
I want my tomorrow to be better than my today.
Sometimes I fall.
Sometimes I stay in place.
Sometimes I elevate.
At the end of the day, I wonder: what progress was made? What even determines progress?
Is it the accumulation of wealth?
The preservation of health?
Or the pursuit of the highest elevation of the self?
Dear Diary,
I get confused by the rules of life.
To change the world is to change my sight.
Am I right, or am I wrong?
Left, or right?
I followed the path—and I was wrong.
I abandoned the ship; swimming took courage and strength.
But I’m strong.
Dear Diary,
Allow my legacy to reach the stars and beyond eternity. Allow the universe to embrace me.
What defines the highest elevation of the self—success in the world, or peace within it?
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