You Know: (Unedited): 15 March 2016:

Trials, tribulations, temptations and tests are those things which must be endured in order for you to know your faith, your will, your righteousness and your honor.

C.J.MacKechnie

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Failure of life's real tests are those opportunities to grow from the sadness, guilt and embarrassment. In order to become a better human being. Their not fun. Some of those mistakes, failures and sins revealed are meant to hack away at your pride, ego and arrogance. Thus, bringing you more in line with those very important spiritual lessons of wisdom and understanding.
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One of the greatest forms of arrogance, pride and ego is to never admit your failures, sins, mistakes, faults and weaknesses. Even when you commit crime, get accused or even caught. You continue to deny it all. It matters not what the evidence proves conclusively or how many believable witnesses there are. All the while, You are doing more harm to yourself than you have done to your victim. Because, maybe your victims will survive and go on leaving all that you are behind them as an eventual forgotten memory. You to will go on. You may even forget their names. But you shall never ever get away from their curses upon your own living soul. The more harm you do. The more harm you do to yourself and it shall all be magnified to an unbearable level. Beyond that tolerance which destroys all of your own sanity and reason.
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Arrogant Pride: (Unedited): 10 July 2013:

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The man who cannot be defeated by any other man, may end up a victim of his own arrogant pride. 

 C.J.MacKechnie

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The man who cannot be defeated by any other man, may end up being easily defeated by his own arrogant pride. 

 C.J.MacKechnie

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The greatest fighter of our time. This is proven. Only to be defeated by his own arrogance. Do not get me wrong. I like and follow his professional fighting. I am not one of those who enjoys Mr. Silva's final defeat or any defeat. I am a fan. I am saddened at how he lost this fight. I have been saddened at his arrogant shows in the ring. Respect and honor should always be maintained in and out of the ring. His lack of respect and honor for the fighter before him lost him his title. I am sorry for having to write this about Mr. Silva.
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 This is not just about Mr. Silva. It is about any person. who begins to believe that they are so much better than anyone else. That you become blinded by your own superiority. That someone who is not as talented as you will just show up and blind side you with severe embarrassment. This is about you the reader and me. No matter what position you hold. You have an effect on people. An arrogant doctor will lose their patient, who was supposed to survive. An arrogant lawyer will lose justice for their client, who needed it most. An arrogant business person will lose contracts and cost the corporation additional losses. 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Silva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFC_162
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/07/chris-wiedman-anderson-silva-ufc-162-results_n_3556310.html
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Added on 22 Nov 2015:
 Ronda Rousey has lost the championship at UFC 193. Respect and honor. I believe lost her the title. Ronda Rousey is very dominant and that no other woman could ever defeat her.
Then in her personal life. She took another woman's husband.
During the beginning of the fight. It is honorable to go forward to express respect your opponent. Ronda Rousey does not and rejects Holly Holm.
As it turns out Holly Holm is a preachers daughter. As the new champion. Will Holly Holm maintain respect and honor as a preachers daughter?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Holm
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17 June 2020:
Anderson Silva is 45 years old. I still think positive in regards of Mr. Silva. Despite what I've written. None of us humans are perfect. Mr. Silva has 2 fights left on his contract. I do like the stories I've read where Dana doesn't know what to do with Silva. Throw him into the ring with McGregor or Pettis or both. Allow Silva to fight new up and coming fighters or a mix of the two groups of fighters. But, Silva is 45 years old. I still would want to see a good fight. I would want to see a fight with McGregor but McGregor has retired. I think the retirement is a mental retirement for McGregor. Which would be a good decision on his part. No one likes the feelings of being helpless and sometimes that is what it takes for the self destructive power of pride to die. The future of Anderson Silva can still be a great future. Maybe, it is time for Anderson Silva to teach those young lions from his country. Maybe, just one more fight or two. You know no more fights is still a valid option. You know going home as a brain trust of honor is still a reward. Because, Mr. Silva you are a brain trust as valuable as any super smart person or PHD person from your nation. Mr. Silva you can become a fierce force of self determining inspiration for every human being in your country. When the UFC comes to your nation you can be that face that the whole world will still see. 
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Unfortunate Enjoyment: (Unedited): 08 June 2013:

Finding enjoyment in other peoples unfortunate occurrences is inhumane. 

 C.J.Mackechnie

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I've caught myself at enjoying other peoples unfortunate events. Especially on YouTube. Those skate board crashes, motorcycle crashes, Big truck crashes. The bully who gets smashed. AND ETC.
This is a self realization of myself. What is the harm in enjoying a person smashing his face on concrete? It is a great harm to your own mind and spirit. The person who epically crashed and smashed his face on concrete was only harmed once physically and a second time to know his embarrassment is seen world wide and thirdly knowing his friends (Who are not) may have put it on YouTube. Fourthly every person who watches these kinds of videos is harming themselves mentally and spiritually. So the harm is more than what appears to be harmless enjoyment. It is passive harm to you the viewer.
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Making positive and loving changes within your own self alters the entire world for the better. It has to be within you from the beginning and by your own free choice. Without threats should you make these changes on your own.
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