Forgotten Post

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. ~Ben Stein

You hear it often: "Birth is a beautiful thing" or even "Life is a beautiful thing". Many people believe that life is this grand journey on which we embark at birth. The moment we arrive into the world we begin this fateful and magical adventure otherwise called living. An adventurous journey that requires careful planning and an itinerary full of goals and achievements. They believe that storms faced along the 'trip' are just speed bumps predestined to happen to everyone and that they mean little or nothing in the grand scheme of things. Hogwash.

Life is nothing more than a a series of events, whether fortunate or not, that make us who we are. Pure chaos and confusion. There is no magical journey on which to joyfully embark on. We are constantly reminded that we are mere mortals facing our impending deaths at some point. So we fight and struggle to acheive remembrences in time and space.


(I started this post and never finished and never posted... but here it is anyway)

Grasping

The life that conquers is the life that moves with a steady resolution and persistence toward a predetermined goal. Those who succeed are those who have thoroughly learned the immense importance of plan in life, and the tragic brevity of time.- W.J. Davison

Have you ever felt so stuck, that it feels as if time is not passing you by, but instead, that it has just completely stopped and it may never begin again but then it suddenly starts and instead of picking up where it left off it's skipped light years ahead and is now spinning totaly out of control with no way of regaining any grasp on what has become of your life?

An easy answer would be: Just pick up where you left off. No, it's not possible when everyone and everything else has progressed so far beyond the point that the only thing left to do is admit defeat or face the turbulant journey of trying to catch up. Where does one muster the strength or the will power to do either one of those things?

Do you think it's possible to to make a decision and have that decision not only be the obviously right and true decision but also the biggest mistake of your life? What do you do? Make the right choice knowing it'll be a mistake or do you make the wrong choice knowing that it too is a huge mistake?

All this and much more is to blame for my not posting. The truth is that when I have time to sit down and post I'm way to frazzled and overloaded with thoughts. If I can't get them in order for myself to how would I ever be able to convey them in a reasonably comprehendable way for you.

But now that my thoughts are coming clear and concise I should be able to post more. It's now about what to do with the decisions I've made.