on the menu today: philosophy.

I am adopting a new philosophy. Here it is:

I am me. Therefore, I am the one best suited to living the life of the aforementioned "me". At any given moment, I do what I am capable of doing.

In hindsight, decisions I make/have made may not seem to be the best choice that could have been made--but they reflect what I am/was capable of at the time.

I cannot blame myself for not doing what I was not capable of doing at a given time. This should not be interpreted as an excuse for "not doing my best" or "not putting in the effort", and it's certainly not a license to do things that are utterly stupid. This, at its essence, is permission to forgive myself for not having done the things I wish I had done at the times I wish I had done them.

Not only can I forgive myself, but I can continue to believe that my life will still be the best life I can live even with, or maybe because of, those perceived mistakes.

I could have just bought into my mother's announcement that "things have a way of working out" but that just wouldn't be me. Me always seems to require a more detailed manifesto. Me has a way of losing sight, and me needs to be walked through each concept or else me will not be convinced.

Well, here I am, manifesting.

And bookmarking this post for all my future convincing needs.