The Path to Enlightenment?

I think I've just experienced one of the realest moments
in my life. I'm typing this quickly before the thoughts
vaporize into thin air.

For the last 6 months I've been in Seoul, Korea,
it has honestly been extremely difficult, and yet
only now I've come to see many of the problems,
frustrations I've had were exacerbated and even
created by the person typing this blog.
I believe now learning from every experience in life
and especially traveling are two of the most valuable
things.

Yes there are many things I perhaps don't prefer
about this country but more importantly its about
finding peace wherever you are in the world.
That's of course not to say go live in a dump and
be happy, environment matters of course, but perhaps
more so is our perspective of our environment, and
how we let it affect us.

Life is full of many disappointments, failures
and situations out of control but thats not the point,
it's how we deal with it, how we take that experience
be it positive or negative and use it for good.

For many years I've been a negative bias thinking
type of person, I want that to change starting today, now.
I'm also thinking I've been too self-centered. It's focusing
on others/making others lives better that directly makes
our own lives worth living.

All this is easier said than done, of course, but this
is the type of thinking I want to drive my life from now
on till I die.

Everyone has different paths in life to reach new
plateau's, living in Silicon Valley I felt the pace
of life was so dizzying that I rarely had any insights
like this. I want to remember how not optional
it is to slow down and clear one's head like this.

I used to cherish computers, cars, motorcycles,
and have a fixation with electronics in general
but now much of that interest has faded, what remains
is a clarity that the quality of relationships
we have with others is what determines the quality
of our lives. People need each other of course, and
while unhealthy codependency is never good, when
both people are solid in their lives and in how
they care for each other it literally changes
the individual.

A lot of the reason I thought about this stuff
was due to eating much less the last few days,
aka to some, fasting.

It's taken 25 years to come this realization in
my life, but that's how life goes, you must follow
the path forward and keep climbing, learning, growing.

Clearing the mind: It's amazing how much clearer
I (or anyone for that matter) can think when they eat
less. Food clogs the brain, since the efficiency of digestion
or rather having less food to digest allows an amazing
state of clarity. try it.

HERE'S TO LIFE, PART 2, Cheers~