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| It's odd. Whenever you either pose the question yourself, or hear it asked of someone who is succeeding in life; "what keeps you going?" , the answer seems to always be "I don't know, I just did it and I never looked back or stopped to ask myself how or why". By the same token, when the question is asked of someone who is not where they want to be in life, the answer seems to be " I don't know why I can't seem to do it , or get it, or finish it.....etc...etc...." Funny how the "I don't know" is the common thread and success or failure seem to just go on one side or the other of that very fine thread that acts almost as an invisible and defining line between the two.
So, do we live off of fear? Do the doers live off of it as a source from which defiant strength is gained, while others live off of it much the way obesity thrives on the very food that fuels the unhealthy condition that craves it? Did we start off fearless and learn to fear along the way? "Don't do this" and " you can't do that" ..............."or else" ...............well, "or else what?" ...... who defined the consequences for us and when did we learn to accept them so passively? When did limitations start to act as a comfort zone? ....... Did they just slowly creep up on us day after day and year after year until they made the transition from obstacle to crutch? ...... Time sure as hell knows no such boundaries. It moves on relentlessly without skipping a beat. It certainly never looks back and it certainly cannot be stopped. Maybe this is why those of us who live with the most fear are the ones who always seem to notice how time is flying by. The fearless seem unaware of time, as though they have caught on to it's secret and in moving steadfast with it, rather than against it, don't even notice that it is there. When you drive along side another moving vehicle, at the same speed, it seems to not be moving at all. When you are too busy living your life to the fullest, you are equally too busy to notice both time passing you by and too driven to give in to the fear of failure, or the unknown. Is this the fine line between fearless and fearful? Between success and failure? Between really living and simply surviving?
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| well...... I just signed off of the computer after about a half of an hour of IM chat with my seventeen year old niece, the subject of which revolved around the idea of communication; the irony of which just dawned on me - - - It is , if nothing else, a sign of the times and more importantly an interesting commentary on the state of our culture today. We exchanged deep feelings about family issues, we used little funny icons ( smiley faces and key combinations that form abbreviated images on the screen) and ended with I love you's ----- all behind our respective monitors and with the assistance of our frantically clicking keyboards.....the new family quality time?..... cyber love , the next best thing to being there? ----- Hallmark moments?
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| Four sections left to go and the paper will find it's way to the basement to join the millions of other copies to be recycled ....burp!.....oh and the waffles with breakfast links were good too......It's a quiet Sunday morning so far, cars and pedestrians are few and sporadic ( is today another religious holiday that I have forgotten? ) | | |
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