I found this in one of my notebooks, without any context. It is from 25 years ago, I think. These notes are interesting because so many thoughts and good ideas are gone, but this is at least something, even though it stands alone, without much context, as I mentioned before. 

 

Notes

• I’d Rather Bang My Head than bow my way through life.
• The purpose of life is life itself.
• Human life seems special, but we don’t even know if we’re alone.
• Something can only be special if there’s more than one.
• Memory, the deathblow to truth.
• Creation is beautiful, but its name is wrong; there is no creator.
• Memory is our creator from which our own creation began.
• Memory does not forget itself, there the I was born.
• I change every day yet remain more of the same.
• The trick memory played, and so my I was made.

Fear of Death

• What do we know about death?
• What we know of this life and of this reality
• It can end at any time
• Fear of death means fear of the uncertainty about when it will come

No More Nonsense

• No small talk or idle chatter
• Work on your “book of life.”
• Make sure you are always at a high point, always moving upward or downward, and if you are on flat ground, make sure you are going somewhere.
• Avoid stagnation
• Stillness is good, but not for nothing, with purpose

Write Your Life

• Fantasize about your life
• Be the hero
• Don’t forget reality, your work, friends, and everything else
• Be selfish, fantasize about what you want
• Invoking responsibility is self-deception
• Others can play a role, but that is their responsibility. Your life is too short to wait for them.