
FORWARD: I initially posted this on Steemit.com when I was 33 years old. I am 34 years old now and I am publishing it here, on ChrisRice.xyz.
When I was younger, the things I believed were largely influenced by the things I read, and other people (or groups of people) who I thought were wiser, and more knowledgeable than me.
But after 33 years of existing, I have...