Old Principle: "If you want something which is going to give you temporary satisfaction but is going to harm you in the future, then better neither want it nor get it."
New Principle: "If you want something, if you are dreaming of something and which is perfectly alright for now, but may harm you in the future, then go and get it. And when and if it harms you in the future, find solution for it." To think like this, we need courage. Courage to face the future. If you have it, then you can enjoy the present too. Why to think of the future now when you are not able to decide for your present?
The first principle looks like being weak. I can't bear the harm of the "then" so I'm not enjoying my "now" too.
And this new principle appears to make one strong, which if one follows, will make him enjoy the present too and will give the courage to face his future. And anyway, who knows- how the future will be or whether it will be there.
This reminds me of a quote - "If you have built the castles in the air, your work need not be lost, that is where they should be. Now put the foundations around them."
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