Perspective

My mother tells me that I need to try to look prettier (wear my hair down and put on more make-up) if I want guys to like me. My father says my mother's crazy. Hmm...

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I know where I want to be. Really, I do. I could sit down and write out all of the things I want and where it is I really want to be. But in an effort to try to get there, I sometimes have to deviate from the path I would like to take for financial or other reasons. Subsequently, I seem to be getting only further away from my goals. Not that the detours I'm taking are "bad" or that the experience they provide isn't useful to my life; but it's hard to watch myself going down a road that I feel isn't leading me where I'd like to be. Some of the past detours I've taken have proved to be educational experiences that have taught me something valuable; something that turns out to be good for me. Thus, I end up having wonderful hind-sight and horrible "living in the moment" skills. I oft times seem so focused on getting somewhere that I get lost on the road. And yet, I still know exactly where I want to be; only by any measurable standards, I never seem to get much closer.

Such is my life... as always.

In the mean time, I have a job interview at the hospital tomorrow at 10 a.m. for a temporary/summer phlebotomy position. Wish me luck; I would love this job to work out for the summer.

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"In many ways the work of a critic is easy. We risk very little, and yet enjoy a position over those who offer up their work and their selves to our criticism. We thrive on negative criticism which is fun to write and to read. But the bitter truth we critics must face, is that in the grand scheme of things, the average piece of junk is probably more meaningful than our criticism designating it so. But there are times when a critic truly risks something; and that is in the discovery and defense of the new. The world is often unkind to new talent. The new needs friends..." --Anton Ego

"All you need is ignorance and confidence and success is sure." --Mark Twain

"Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist, but you have ceased to live." --Mark Twain

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Today's Featured Quote:

"In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity." --Albert Einstein