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daily note 15/5/2021 I used to think if I don't like something, I should not do it. Life is short, I should only do what I like, but I was wrong. Actually it should be the opposite, do what I dislike. I dislike hardship, discipline, persistence, effort, toil, risk and difficulty. By doing what I dislike willingly or forcefully, it would be a good habit that benefit me for the long run. A good habit often disguises in difficulty. In short "do what is hard, what others unwilling to do". The real talent of a man will be this, the ability to pick freely what is hard and painful in order to gain the real power over himself. Laziness is a common trait One always compares himself to others. He wants to be better than others, to be the best possible. But one ends up doing nothing as if he was powerless as a lifeless object. It's predictable. Ask someone who is fat, "Is that the condition that you want or plan for your body?" If he is honest, the answer is NO. Ask poor people, "Is that the economic condition that you want?" The answer is also NO. I have no interest in shaming failures here. People often hide and deceive themselves using various falsehood to protect their ego. In my opinion, one should be honest to himself, not hiding behind falsehood and comforting words. If one really wants such condition and others talk about it, he should be pride and happy rather than angry and sad. I favor in empowering oneself through effort and hardship, but I also concern to the unhealthy meritocratic system. A merit based system is where you get what you deserve, not what you want. If you are successful, you deserve it, if fail, it's your own mistake. So those who are successful feel pride and those who fail, they feel worthless and shame. In such system people do not pity poor people, they even blame them for being lazy and weak. People praise rich and successful people for their merits. I believe it is unjust. There are too many factors involve, biology, environment, prenatal and family condition, history, and more. Shaming and blaming fat people as failures and they deserve it is somewhat ignorance. While it seems that the condition is changeable and within self-ability to shape their body shapes, it's not that simple. It applies to everything. Mathematically, nothing in this world is too hard to do. Everything can be broken down into smaller and simpler units, just like a book is a merely combination of sentences. Following the logic, if one can write a sentence, he must be able to write a book. It's plausible mathematically but mathematic is the ideal condition that never exist in real life. Number one is always the same and perfect, never gets sick, old and dies. It's perfect forever. For a man, it's even hard to just throw away his useless stuffs that won't be used anymore in the future. He would waste the most valuable resource; his time. A man is far from perfect. Laziness is common trait. It's not natural but very common. It preserves energy for survival reason in the future in case it will be needed. There is always randomness in life. One can't even manage himself to sleep on time, one doesn't know what time exactly he can sleep for how long and so on. Life is complicated. Yet it doesn't mean that one is completely powerless and should give up and leave it to destiny or luck. One can make a schedule and regulate his routines; what time to sleep and how long. Even if it doesn't hit 100%, it can hit 90% or even more. What seems natural and automatic can be regulated and manipulated bit by bit. It depends on one's understanding. Whether one believes he can or can't do something, he is right. The result is not magic or luck or coincident. It's a systematic end. It has the patterns and can be studied. What is possible for one is possible for all. If you see a cat can climb a tree, any other cat can also climb a tree, but some cats climb higher and faster, it depends on their habit and courage that developed by experience. So do people. They are the same by nature, different by habit.