
“When you can do more with less- you can do less and get more” – Bashar
I painted that bunny a couple of years ago at a crucial time in my life – I painted it because I wanted to create something positive (to get that positive energy flowing)- and while I had very little to work with – I had enough art supplies to share this little gift.
The universe set up the circumstances so that the tiny bunny went to the right person at the right time and I got to show who I really was inside – by my actions rather than by my words (that ultimately delivered me from a near tragic fate).
I won’t go into the details but I could have physically died it was so serious. Somehow the circumstances righted themselves and I have never been happier – this was a lesson that needed to be taught, a challenge or something karma-esque etc, I don’t know, but I do know I’m much better off in so many ways for having ran that gauntlet.
Perhaps it is why people climb mountains, not to accomplish the goal of planting a flag on the highest peak so much – but to break through that paralyzing point of utter ‘I’m fucked’-ness by simply surviving something that could have killed you without shitting your pants and giving up.
If you can have faith (in something), perhaps do some good for others or at least keep your sense of humor when circumstances force you to your lowest point – then you are doing life right!

Finding what you are made of and capable of and being the master of emotions that you often don’t have the luxury of indulging in are what make those dire circumstances worthwhile and precious – I would go so far as to say that they are set up – not random chance, not some pointless punishment from a vengeful god but circumstances you bring upon yourself to temper your soul – to make you stronger, to make you appreciate the amazing gift of this human experience – to min/max your character to top the charts and beat that difficult raid boss etc etc.
I also feel that these challenges that force you to look into the abyss will continue to appear until you have done so and survived!
Life isn’t random – life is an adventure!
Rise to the occasion hero!
your friend,
Daz!
The following is related to the theme of this post and important to me but since it is mostly about World of Warcraft you may not get it!
I don’t have a lot of stuff, my abyss lessons (and the general state the economy in 2017 for normal working people) have taken that baggage away but I do have use of my lovely girlfriend Hollye’s elderly PC and while I would love to play retail World of Warcraft again, as I did before on this PC a year or so ago, the new raised system requirements prevent me from doing so – the frame rate is so low I can’t move my characters around, the screen blacks out and freezes due to the graphical demands that this set up cannot handle etc etc – I’m not bitching about it because it’s just a neutral circumstance and I choose to interpret it a positive thing (as Bashar suggested to do) so that I get the effect of a positive outcome (and I have)!
First of all – private servers, the lower system requirements of the older versions of WOW allow someone like me, willing to pay for a 15$ monthly subscription and who even purchased the current expansion but couldn’t play it due to inadequate hardware – still gets to play WOW and even experience fun content that is new to me! (yes, if Classic WOW works on this PC I’d pay for a sub rather than being on a private server for free- I can afford that – just not a gaming PC at this time).
I’m not complaining, just dealing with it and having fun along the way – which is exactly why the following story written by a_hundred_highways is so very sweet to me – quite frankly it is by far the best thing I have ever read on Reddit -ever! The link to the post is here https://www.reddit.com/r/classicwow/comments/7eb1oh/waiting_for_narg_a_tale_of_fargodeep_mine/
I also want to copy it here to keep it safe in my blog for posterity as it is everything that is right with our human experience and well written to boot.