Dear friend,
You probably know what I'm referring to. If you don't it simply means that you've been hiding under rock - too afraid to face the world - then this missal is for you.
The ladder we ascend in life is not always a smooth journey - sometimes the ladder is moved, sometimes the ladder is unstable, sometimes we even slip a notch or two and sometimes it can be fatal but we can't help but climb.
If during our sojourn through life - we fail to move due to our fears then we watch others scale the same heights and move above and away. There is always a need to stay in the comfort zone but there is no guarantee in life apart from death and taxes.
We must all move beyond the obviously safe...
Things may not always go our own way but they eventually move AHEAD IF WE ARE WILLING TO KEEP MOVING!
Never say die in the face of life - unless you have no breath left in your body.
Like Johnny best said: Keep walkin'
God Bless you
Friday, December 24, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Never get to comfortable with your friends
I got a shocker recently - nothing abyssal or really out of place..
A simple text message that seemed to hint that a friendship i cherished was over - it put me in mild shock but I understood the reason for it. Perhaps as an immediate fallout or perhaps my pride was working in full gear - I deleted all contact details and previous messages from the sender.
The message was specific enough to sound like a goodbye but open enough to hint at a future possibility - I don't feel that positive and this will perhaps cure me of the grand delusions that I have...
I don't want to find myself tempted to try to contact this person - hence the brash action taken to delete messages and contact numbers - it would be considered a high crime if i ruin this person's life or chances and yet here I am wondering at the suddenness of it all - i'm getting used to occurrences like this and when they happen - I try to move on as quickly as I can.
I don't claim to understand the what or why but there is always that gift of time and i"m still here...
A simple text message that seemed to hint that a friendship i cherished was over - it put me in mild shock but I understood the reason for it. Perhaps as an immediate fallout or perhaps my pride was working in full gear - I deleted all contact details and previous messages from the sender.
The message was specific enough to sound like a goodbye but open enough to hint at a future possibility - I don't feel that positive and this will perhaps cure me of the grand delusions that I have...
I don't want to find myself tempted to try to contact this person - hence the brash action taken to delete messages and contact numbers - it would be considered a high crime if i ruin this person's life or chances and yet here I am wondering at the suddenness of it all - i'm getting used to occurrences like this and when they happen - I try to move on as quickly as I can.
I don't claim to understand the what or why but there is always that gift of time and i"m still here...
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Finding the "REAL" you
Simple enough title without all those bloody ramifications.
Alas life is rarely simple and humans have a wonderful habit of complicating simple or basic scenarios. I'm thinking there is some kind of encoding that makes us behave like erring children who belong to a long suffering parent.
The real you is an issue to discover because it hides in plain sight. It is the side of you that is kept well guarded and protected because it is perceived as weak. It is either considered too kind or too wicked, too patient, too tolerant, too judgmental, too forward etc.
Alas - when did we get to the point where our best qualities have been cast aside in favor of a more "pragmatic" or street-smart version of you.
I remember the story of a boy who loved to draw a lot of pictures. He could spend hours immersed in this universe of imagination for which his young mind often took him on trips - his eyes would shine with the discovery of a new character and he couldn't wait to share it with friends and family alike.
It was like he felt had a responsibility to share this creation with those around him.
Alas his gifts were deemed as too "trivial" by his parents and teachers who had such "HIGH HOPES" for him to become a doctor or lawyer or engineer - his parents even held the view that he could do all the drawings in the world as an engineer or an architect so they rallied against his gifts and forced him to slowly but surely lose the wonder for his drawings.
It was a sad fate to subject such a mind to and the long term consequences are plain to see - the young boy lost his first love to blind ignorance of those around him who should have known better.
It would take many years and many long drawn battles before he could rediscover this inner joy that came with drawing - this was were his heart lay twenty years later.
One could of course argue that he was now older and could therefore pursue his ambitions but the truth remains that if he had been encouraged and his young talent nurtured - he would have definitely achieved his ambitions at an earlier age and his skill would have been far beyond their current stage.
Therein lies the folly of not finding the real you - the you that is happier doing what makes you truly happy. The real you that is not confined to the expectations of others but strives to be better even when the faults are visibly apparent.
The real you who is not afraid to learn or make mistakes or face criticisms because of those inner convictions.
A man without conviction is a dead man walking - so goes the saying.
Don't be that DEAD man walking - be the real thing. Be YOU!
Alas life is rarely simple and humans have a wonderful habit of complicating simple or basic scenarios. I'm thinking there is some kind of encoding that makes us behave like erring children who belong to a long suffering parent.
The real you is an issue to discover because it hides in plain sight. It is the side of you that is kept well guarded and protected because it is perceived as weak. It is either considered too kind or too wicked, too patient, too tolerant, too judgmental, too forward etc.
Alas - when did we get to the point where our best qualities have been cast aside in favor of a more "pragmatic" or street-smart version of you.
I remember the story of a boy who loved to draw a lot of pictures. He could spend hours immersed in this universe of imagination for which his young mind often took him on trips - his eyes would shine with the discovery of a new character and he couldn't wait to share it with friends and family alike.
It was like he felt had a responsibility to share this creation with those around him.
Alas his gifts were deemed as too "trivial" by his parents and teachers who had such "HIGH HOPES" for him to become a doctor or lawyer or engineer - his parents even held the view that he could do all the drawings in the world as an engineer or an architect so they rallied against his gifts and forced him to slowly but surely lose the wonder for his drawings.
It was a sad fate to subject such a mind to and the long term consequences are plain to see - the young boy lost his first love to blind ignorance of those around him who should have known better.
It would take many years and many long drawn battles before he could rediscover this inner joy that came with drawing - this was were his heart lay twenty years later.
One could of course argue that he was now older and could therefore pursue his ambitions but the truth remains that if he had been encouraged and his young talent nurtured - he would have definitely achieved his ambitions at an earlier age and his skill would have been far beyond their current stage.
Therein lies the folly of not finding the real you - the you that is happier doing what makes you truly happy. The real you that is not confined to the expectations of others but strives to be better even when the faults are visibly apparent.
The real you who is not afraid to learn or make mistakes or face criticisms because of those inner convictions.
A man without conviction is a dead man walking - so goes the saying.
Don't be that DEAD man walking - be the real thing. Be YOU!
Life series: An introduction
Welcome my friend.
It is a good sign that you are here among us.
There must be reasons after all to make it so - we are all travelers on this journey and our destination is that often wavering road called life.
You are now among the pages of the life lesson series or LLS for short - we hope to share some nuggets of wisdom from time to time that may require the occasional response or two from you. Please feel free to contribute and make sure that you invite others to join us.
We will make you think, laugh, cry - we might even make you smile.
Regardless of what emotions we invoke - you will always come back from more.
Once again - welcome to the life series.
It is a good sign that you are here among us.
There must be reasons after all to make it so - we are all travelers on this journey and our destination is that often wavering road called life.
You are now among the pages of the life lesson series or LLS for short - we hope to share some nuggets of wisdom from time to time that may require the occasional response or two from you. Please feel free to contribute and make sure that you invite others to join us.
We will make you think, laugh, cry - we might even make you smile.
Regardless of what emotions we invoke - you will always come back from more.
Once again - welcome to the life series.
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