I felt a little weird about using that as a title, but since Florida said it on “Good Times” I figured it was main-stream enough. But really that’s the only thing I could think of during one of my mental conversations as the administrator-see blog ‘There Is No Finish Line’. In the mean time I will explain by saying that the majority of the thoughts I have on self-improvement convict me. I am often times talking to myself when I try to discern the “truth” in a situation and I usually come up short by my own standards. So when I had a new thought it made me say damn, damn, DAMN! But hey…self-examination is the first step toward self-improvement.
Today I ended up thinking about all of the outside forces that have impacted my life and, in many instances, guided my path. It is well known that relationships and the people in them with you can often impact one’s path in life. That same path at some point and time is usually also affected by money flow and a quest for “freedom”. An interesting associated factoid is it becomes one of those double sided abnormalities in life when we are only affected by those people and things that we allow in our lives; and the only reason they change our path is because we let them. What I’m saying is, regardless of what has been done or has happened we are at least 95% responsible for our own place in life. No one is to blame for anything except us. ..damn, damn, DAMN!
I was set and ready to give some blame to someone else. At least a pretty hefty chunk of some misfortunes but when I think about it honestly it’s mostly my fault. I, like everyone else, have had people to do cruel, unusual, stupid, hideous, vile, and contemptuous things in my dealings with them but it was me who opened up and allowed that person to have status in my life. It was me who allowed those crimes perpetuated against me to have life, liberty, and rights in my personal politics.
At the end of most every tragedy we all find the strength to stand up and fight. Even the most cowardly individual will do something to you if they are backed in a corner. Most every heartbreak ends with a new heart mender. Some kind of funeral services will be made and carried out no matter how difficult the family takes the loss. Every battle ends in a victory. So the questions become: Why do we toil and suffer so long? Why do we let things that will eventually become small dots in the rear view mirror of life control our paths? Why do people stress and get sick, lose hair, and lose weight because of somebody else? Why do we go in circles instead of heading straight for victory?
The truth about it is, we decided to handle it that way.
Damn! Damn! Damn!!!
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