I think this is the best place to post this

by Captain Spark , Oregon, Wednesday, August 28, 2013, 12:14 (4104 days ago) @ SonofMacPhisto

And I think it shows Cody is right.

"Creating a life that reflects your values and satisfies your soul is a rare achievement. In a culture that relentlessly promotes avarice and excess as the good life, a person happy doing his own work is usually considered an eccentric, if not a subversive. Ambition is only understood if it’s to rise to the top of some imaginary ladder of success. Someone who takes an undemanding job because it affords him the time to pursue other interests and activities is considered a flake. A person who abandons a career in order to stay home and raise children is considered not to be living up to his potential — as if a job title and salary are the sole measure of human worth.

You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them.

To invent your own life’s meaning is not easy, but it’s still allowed, and I think you’ll be happier for the trouble.”

-Bill Watterson

EDIT: I also just really wanted to share it with people I generally enjoy.

"You’ll be told in a hundred ways, some subtle and some not, to keep climbing, and never be satisfied with where you are, who you are, and what you’re doing. There are a million ways to sell yourself out, and I guarantee you’ll hear about them".

I got into trouble at work for refusing to live the way "they wanted me to live" and was not considered for promotion. I realized that the company was the one that lost out when I was passed up from promotion. It may sound arrogant for me to say this but I'm going to anyway. I was smarter, more resourceful, and more hardworking then my co-workers. They spent more time polishing their own mirrors, watching their egotistical backs and conforming to the bullshit and nothing was accomplished.

Watterson was a rare person indeed.