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Thoughts I'm currently pondering on...
Worries arise from letting oneself be affected by other people's words and actions too much.
And it's inevitable for one person to be unaffected by other people, especially by those close to him, since people exist for the sake of others. But one must know when to let something affect him, and when to disregard it. In this case, it would be helpful to identify the intentions of the other person first. Actually, it always is better to analyze the intentions of others before reacting to their words and actions.
For the sake of practicality, it is best to choose one route. The problem lies in how one will be able to maintain the motivation for it.
Some people are stronger than others in motivating themselves to reach their goals. It is only natural that others struggle in doing so. That's why other people exist in the first place--to motivate others. There are many methods and ways in keeping one's motivation, but in the end, the person's will for it must be firm. Because if the person is not willing enough to undertake a certain path to begin with, no amount of motivation can keep him in there.
Am I making sense? :\
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I've finished watching Death Note last night with my brother and I must say... the story was incredibly well written. It made me ponder about certain things as well. But overall, what I liked about it the most was the mind game Yagami Light kept playing with his opponents--L, N and M. I'm a sucker for mind games like these, and I had a lot of fun trying to predict what their next moves were going to be.
It really amazes me how these characters outwit one another in the story. O__O And now I know what motivation I would use when I get tired of Law. Besides... entering Law school is just a stepping stone I would use to get to my real goal. Bwahahaha. Anyway, another thing that still amazes me until now is how words can affect people. With the right set of words, a person can manipulate another and make that person act as he would expect... without that person even noticing. Not that I haven't made use of that tactic before, though. Haha.
But all evil will succumb to justice in the end. I pity Light, though because he was lonely in the end. He threw his life away just for the sake of that twisted narcissistic belief of his that only he can change the world. Given the right power, sure, he was capable. But still, thinking of himself as a god was too much. His shinigami was right. "You'll cleanse the world of evil people leaving you as the only evil person left." His intentions, per se, were not bad. Everybody wishes for that too. But the method he chose was unacceptable because he judged and took the lives of people, who, for all we know, could still be reformed one day. It was the wrong kind of justice.
Out of all of them, I liked Light and L. I think their battle in the beginning was way more interesting than Light's battle with N and M. XD