In all things feasible, do as to your principles. A duty to self is a duty to one’s principles, upon which they would hopefully have had included within their upbringing, else it is to their duty to seek out the better principles as for how they can navigate life. To be swayed by the whims and desires of the toddler, child, or teenager is to be held reactive to the reality of any situation. The adult works through life with their guiding principles, doing each thing purely to the declaration of their principles and little else more. Where desire is curbed by the principle of right and wrong, where the elderly are aided in their walk purely because it is the right thing to do by one’s principles and less to the transactional notion of looking good for doing good. Actions with principles and intention to do right by them are the making of an adult maturity complex.

Meditate.

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