life, is about making choices; making decision.
there is seem to be no clear rules about what is the better options. not a single rule.
may be that is the reason that why life can be so interesting, fascinating and yet sometimes miserable.

while following rule is not a options, we play our own rules; we make up our own rules. n stick to them. it has a similar function as a buoy, which it keep us floating, breathing when we about to drown, and kept us alive.

but will our own self-make buoy has a defect?
well, we will never find out until we get our very first shot.
may be you will ask: What? we may get killed in the process.
my answer is: That's life.
it just the matters of under what types of circumstances we have to go through.
we may only get bruises, get injured, or get killed.

but, actually, there are other options--following the ancestors footsteps. those with experience, those who willing to teach and share.

but, will it turn out to be the correct pathway?
no one can tell the answer, except yourself.

ehipassiko

闻，思，修。

that's Buddha teaching.