^Picture I drew inspired by Witchblade. Never run. Always fight. I try to live life in the most unusual way possible. I take pride in knowing that I do things a little differently than the rest. And I have done so through my short years thus far. But the older I get, the more people I see accepting failure as their reality. That they will see nothing more than huge sums of debt..... chaotic relationships.... broken promises.... reliving the lifestyles of their parents that they grew up hating....
Instead, they seem to embrace only what they've known their entire life rather than setting forth on a new road and seeing what they can discover in the unknown ways of life. Why do so many people let fear consume them?
Why is it easier to put all your minds efforts into thinking about reasons you cant do something when you could be thinking about what you can do? Why is it considered easier to lurk in the shadows rather than standing in a beaming light? What is everyone so afraid of?
This is just like a lesson I learned when I was a kid. Whenever I saw a bug or insect of some kind, I used to get the heeby jeebies to an extreme level. I was always told that the little bugs were more scared of me than I was of it and I should never be afraid of anything of the sort. Well.... I kind of see life's problems like little bugs. Sure they look creepy, but they will always exist, and that's ok. Just try to accept their existence and realize that without them, life on this planet would be soooo different. In my opinion it would be boring. Tedious. And predictably perfect. How would adventure ever be allowed? What about spontaneity? To me, living life to its fullest is by doing. And by these doings we develop character. Character makes or breaks us and everyone has the ability to make it. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.
Be true to yourself and always welcome change... but never be changed.
2 comments:
Awesome drawing!!! That creature could be right out of one of the ancient Greek or Roman myths. I think you might really love some of those stories, e.g. this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orpheus#Death_of_Eurydice (read the first paragraph... it's such a beautiful and sad story)
I agree with most of what you're saying here. However, I find myself thinking that I should settle down too. Just a bit. Since I left England, I moved three times (London - Hamburg - Lüneburg - Hamburg - and now into another apartment) and until recently I'd already been thinking about moving somewhere else next year to become a professional diver. And after that I would've moved somewhere else. Anywhere. I don't want to stay in this city for all my life, but I've made the decision to at least try to stay here for three more years. Because if you're always moving on, being restless, you start wondering if you're really searching for an even better place to live in, an even better thing to do --- or whether you're just running away from yourself.
I stay up till 1 or 2 at night working, making presentations, writing essays for uni... then I go to bed but I still can't fall asleep because there's so much information on my mind which I need to... sort of, process. Like all the horrible things I see when I watch the news. I watch at least half an hour of BBC International every day. I hate to see what I see but it'd be wrong to turn my head away from all the bad things that are happening in the world. I still believe that I'd get a buzz out of being a war journalist / photographer, but then I'm not sure either.
It's not all that bad to try to lead a life that's a bit more boring than you would've wanted to. Which doesn't mean that I don't want to do some crazy stuff (Mongolia!!!), but I want to calm down a little.
So that would be change. It's nothing bad though if you're changing instead of being changed by others
Aw :( that story is sad :(
Yeah I think a little settling is good. That is, settling on a foundation I suppose. I see it like building a house. You can have a strong foundation to build on and add to it as much as you want at whatever pace you want. You can leave, come back, and you'll always have that peace of mind just a bit that you have built such things for yourself. I think it's easy to find yourself running deeper and deeper into a road that you never saw yourself on before. I think that's how people are able to loose themselves so easily too. But that's what makes you different is your awareness :) You're able to make a change without changing. So, that means you'll always have room to grow. Because no matter how old anyone gets, there is always room to grow.
Honestly, I think it's better to have the problem that you need to slow down rather than trying to motivate yourself to getting up and actually trying to do something with your life. That just means when you find that happy medium you'll be able to achieve pretty much anything you want and feel completely happy with it :) To a point anyways.
But for me, I find my life starting to settle too much. I need more crazy. ((MONGOLIA/ROADTRIP/FLYING/SKYDIVING [which now I don't really want to do without you lol]/SCCUUUUBBBAAA ADVENTURES :D)) One thing at a time though.
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