Thursday, June 28, 2012 8:02 PM
Ramblings - June 28
Welp, I guess it's just me left -- my partner in crime seems to have dipped out on this blog in the mean time. Maybe she'll be back one day.
On another note:
Again, after I've been TV-marathoning by myself, I've found that pointless, whimsical television shows are probably one of the greatest sources of inspiration to the listless but secretly yearning mind. For the past few days I've been watching America's Got Talent (which is not my cup of tea, but regardless) and to see hundreds vying for 48 spots -- to see, out of those hundreds, the few who make it and their blooming expressions -- to see the great majority who does not -- to see dreams shattered -- to see grown men cry. Despite the disparities among man, there are times when one truly realizes how simple each one of us is; after all, we are all made from the carbon of the Earth and share over 99.9999% of our genetic code.
I felt my heart break.
Such is life. We all strive for the few positions of merit that reflect in our retinas, in our hopes, in our dreams, those which resonate within our minds and ricochet off the corners of our dendrites and bounce back from the somas of our neurons. Life is hard. In a meaningless way, it can be determined by hopeless statistics of success. But in the end, all is subjective, for my penchant may not be your penchant, and likewise.
But watching the individuals do what they love with such passion, such need to succeed, it is shattering when they take a leap of faith and don't make it. But none stops to consider the potential for failure. Beneath it all, that is how I hope to be.
"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you will land upon the stars."
But stars are only stars if you take them to be such. In essence, my friend has worded it best (unfortunately I am quite a ways too verbose to make any sense at all): "don't let achievement go to your head and don't let failure disappoint you either." Take it in one stride.
Such is life.
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Obviously I'm in a preachy mood. Sorry to afflict the unwary minds of carefree people all around LOL |
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| I hope you're having a good summer :) |
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