You are at war.

I have always seen life as a long war.

From the beginning, each of us began our journey as 2 parts. You and I were one of untold millions of sperm that fought like hell to make it to the egg. We survived the greatest war we will ever fight, the biological war to be present (to paraphrase George Zaluki). Birth was the biggest shocks we have endured, barring possibly catastrophic injury suffered in combat (/Salute). We managed to make it through the first 5 years being almost completely helpless, solely by the discretion of the members of our tribe who raised us. As young boys...We didn't die, or most of us didn't at least. We fought our way through our childhood, the social pecking order of our schools. We learned to fight together though sports and as members of our perspective gangs. We got older. We fought through higher education, through trade skills and the job markets. We fight each other for resources and women and honor.

We all have one thing in common. Everyone of our ancestors won. In a world where plagues, wars and famine kill millions, you and I are a testament to our fathers and their fathers before them.

 Perhaps you read this and think: hell, I am not a violent person, I haven't murdered my way up the corporate ladder or put anyone into the poorhouse.

Maybe you have in some way done just that.

For everyone who got "that" job, many others didn't. The law of unintended consequences. Someone loses out on that job, they are forced to take a lesser job or no job at all. they do or don't get X,Y or Z as a result. Perhaps they can't afford  the absolute best lifesaving treatment for their child, or feed them or any number of possible scenarios that ends their bloodline. You get the woman with the quality genetics, they are forced to settle for one without. Your children grow up and attend private school. theirs gets stabbed in public school. The possibilities are as dark as they are endless. Everything you do in life matters and echos down your bloodline.

 Lift some weights, eat cleaner, talk to women, ask for a raise, read a book, fight like hell for everything you can so you can choose how the story ends. You are entitled to what you earn, so go get it! Your bloodline depends on everything YOU do.

With that said, morality isn't subjective. Don't murder, literally or figuratively, your way up the ladder. Take care of the people who take care of you. "Give something back", as Arnold says. Bring others up with you. Be resolute as Iron.