Belushi's "Enough is Not Enough"

The Fireplace Records, Chapter 23

Belushi's "Enough is Not Enough"

More Drugs, More Sex, More Money, More Fame, More Euphoria!
Falling into false, evil, perverted, and selfish aims, goals, acts and choices! 
Vomit ... Face Yourself!  Don't Face Yourself ... Vomit!
Face Yourself and Don't Face Yourself ... Vomit!

A Student's Considerations:

Everyone's Big Problem: 
Knowing When to Stop!
Knowing When to Say No!  
Moderating and controlling one's greed, desires, wishes, and "needs" for More.
When to embrace moderation, restraint, conservation, simplicity?
Don't wear away your life too fast.
Learn about the Epicurean's view on pleasures and pains and peace of mind.
Limits, limits, limits ... do you understand "limits?"
Don't let others deceive, trick and mislead you.
Some bad habits will grab you by the neck and choke you to death.
If you have extra money, share it with others and good causes.
Your life is a model for others; don't let them down.
Please, Let Enough be Enough!
Stoics, Epicureans, and Buddhists all caution us about taking pleasures,
   attaching too much emphasis on pleasures, and preferring peace of 
   mind, wholesome human functioning, and tranquility.

By Hakuin Ekaku

 

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"Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you

Ooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooh that smell
The smell of death surrounds you."
- Lynyrd Skynyrd

John Belushi (1949-1982)

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