Soviet regime’s legitimizing mythology, the anti-Putin movement has to contend with the systematic extirpation of free discourse and independent media by the Kremlin. The Russian President is so obsessed with conquering his neighboring country that he has destroyed Russia’s standing in the world, rolled back three decades of progress and seems prepared to send untold numbers of Russians to die to prevent a democracy from flourishing next door to his autocracy. What discourages nations and opponents from war is usually the prospect of harm. But Putin is a testosterones drenched, saber rattling, isolated dictator. Some people just want to watch the world burn. Satoru

Getting old is a shock, as is going from indestructible, to vulnerable, to fragile.
Confronting one’s own mortality, puts you in denial first, and then rearranges your entire life’s priorities to just stay alive.
Some adjust to the inevitable, some become despondent, some make realistic or unrealistic plans, and some just give up and die.
I firmly planted my feet in midair.
I went to my urologist. He said I could go at any time. I said I have a prostate problem. He said “To pee or not to pee that is the question.”
I went to my proctologist. He said I have hemorrhoids. I asked him “Why don’t they call them asteroids?
I went to my psychiatrist. I said I have suicidal tendencies. She said, “From now on you have to pay in advance.”
Satoru

Implementation is everything, and objectives mean nothing unless they are transformed into action. Your fortune, however difficult to achieve, is there. The trick is to recognize it. It comes sporadically and in forms disguised. But most of all, it comes to you in opportunities that are few and far between, sandwiched within an infinity of plausible futures. We look at the chance and see only the present. You must observe the opportunity and see the seeds of the future. If you are to succeed, waiting for ideal conditions or a situation is rarely an option. Excellent opportunities never last long and usually require a change in your thinking and actions. Often, you have just one chance, and if you do not take advantage of that moment in time, the possibility is forever lost. I think that the world is bruised and bleeding, but we have to refuse to capitulate to the aggressive apathy and incompetence that permeates our society. Instead, we have to take action and persevere in making our own luck and healing civilization. Satoru

Luck is a spontaneous mutation showing up randomly. It hangs around according to whim and is a pompous theoretical construct of improbability. We are only as lucky as we think we are. To find luck you have to look for it, perhaps aggressively. Luck may not be a genuine concept of reality in this world. But like faith and hope luck exists in our minds. Some believe, especially if they’re optimistic, that they are lucky and that produces a luckier individual. Perhaps you make your own luck when you are looking for it. The chips fall where they may unpredicted and with spontaneity. There is a brilliant randomness of everyday life. Luck is a big surprise that should make you laugh. Make your own Luck. My definition of luck is preparation meeting opportunity. Satoru

Most live on lonely islands, of quiet desperation, while continually repeating the same actions, yet hoping to improve their existence. They fear the newness, that even slight modifications encompass, stopping them from advancing or growing. One of the foundations for success is the adaption of new times and making incremental or significant transformations in your actions. Obviously, if you keep doing the same thing and getting the same results, you have to make changes. But most people are comfortable in their living. It’s like putting your tongue in the cavity. There’s some assurance that it is there and one day you will see a dentist. Surprise! The dentist may be too busy. You may never get to see the dentist and your tooth decays. But you only have one chance and that was it. So it is with life. Life is not a dress rehearsal and time is not on your side. Start now to transform or you will have already written the last sentence of your life story. Satoru