"Because here's something else that's true. In the day-to-day trenches of
adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing
as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to
worship. And an outstanding reason for choosing some sort of God or
spiritual-type thing to worship — be it J.C. or Allah, be it Yahweh or the
Wiccan mother-goddess or the Four Noble Truths or some infrangible set
of ethical principles — is that pretty much anything else you worship will
eat you alive. If you worship money and things — if they are where you tap
real meaning in life — then you will never have enough. Never feel you have
enough. It's the truth. Worship your own body and beauty and sexual allure
and you will always feel ugly, and when time and age start showing, you will
die a million deaths before they finally plant you. On one level, we all know
this stuff already — it's been codified as myths, proverbs, clichés, bromides,
epigrams, parables: the skeleton of every great story. The trick is keeping
the truth up-front in daily consciousness. Worship power — you will feel
weak and afraid, and you will need ever more power over others to keep the
fear at bay. Worship your intellect, being seen as smart — you will end up
feeling stupid, a fraud, always on the verge of being found out. And so on."
― David Foster Wallace

HCF | BoatyMcBoatface: Well theoretically I'm a slut for cheesecakes.
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