Thursday 21 November 2013

Welcome to the machine mate


Well at least somebody's woken up..... This bloke left a footy career of $bazillions as he felt he was destroying himself being a pawn in a machine. I'm remembering Syd Barrett right now.
Rather, it was the culmination of months of reflection that his once-promising career had been derailed by injuries, and that continuing to play for the money and to please others would very likely ruin his health further and deepen his gloom.

 In the off-season, after battling for playing time and trying to stay fit, Moffitt, a free spirit who idolizes Jim Morrison, started reading the writings of the Dalai Lama and Noam Chomsky, among others. They helped him conclude that he was a pawn in a machine that controlled his life and that he no longer wanted to meet the expectations attached to that life. more



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