Disclaimer: If you know you are not included in the "general terms" used below, then you are not among the intended audience of this post, but you may enjoy it anyway. If you know you are included in the "general terms" used below, please pay close attention: I am talking to you. If you are in denial about being included in the "general terms" used below, please dig deep and refer to the previous sentence. :)
The world (the world being a general term) is pointlessly occupied. We are all (all being a general term) so busy doing absolutely nothing. Our time is spent texting, facebooking, tweeting, watching TV, listening to noise with a beat, and brainwashing our minds with various other forms of entertainment that would be fine if used appropriately and in moderation. As it is, they are not. Hence the problem: Our world (world, again being a general term) is consumed with too much and not enough. We have too much pointlessness in our life and not enough fullness.
If your aspirations for the week are to get to the next level of the little game inside your phone or iPod, STOP IT! Of all the hundreds of thousands of possibilities out there for ways to spend your time, you are choosing to hurt what is left of your eye sight, deafen what is left of your hearing, and ignore the things that matter most in life for the itsy-bitsy pixels inside a machine that may or may not be an alien robot waiting to attack you? Really? STOP IT!
Everyone (everyone being a general term) enjoys technology and there is nothing wrong with that. Watching some TV, listening to some music, being on facebook, and even sending an occasionally tweet under the alias of Lord Voldemort are perfectly respectable ways to pass the time. It is only when these things become a driving force in your life that you need to stop and ponder your choices of entertainment. *Definition of "driving force" being: anything that you couldn't/wouldn't live without for more than three days. Again, for those of you in denial: dig a little deeper. :)
But now that we've established that there are some things that need to be cut back, what then do we fill all our new free time with? Let me answer that question with a story:
An aspiring young pianist played at a concert and was receiving compliments after the performance where a middle aged man approached him and said, "Wow. You are amazing. I wish I was as good as you." The aspiring young pianist replied, "Thank you, but no you don't. If you really wanted to be as good as me, you would be." We are all as talented as we really want to be. Granted, there are some cases where we may never reach the goals and dreams of childhood for whatever reason, but how many people (people being a general term) have dreams stored away in a box inside of another box inside of our closet? Now, if your dreams have been put aside as a sacrifice for something better, then I commend your self control and wish you the best. But if your dreams are locked away for no other reason then you think they're only good memories or because you are pointlessly occupied elsewhere, then I urge you to STOP IT! Wipe the dust off those boxes, kill the spiders who have made their home there, unpack your dreams and get going. Someone wise, experienced, and probably dead once said: "Your future is as bright as you faith." It's true no matter what you apply it to. In this case, your dreams are as bright as your faith in yourself. In the almighty words of that beloved satire Galaxy Quest: Never give up! Never surrender! (Or if you prefer, insert your favorite cliche, cheesy, and overused catchphrase from your favorite movie)
Find something to replace the time you (you being a general term) spend pointlessly occupied. Let it be anything you want (reasonably speaking) and don't be afraid of failure. Failure is just a short and sweet way of saying that you're not perfect but that you have room to grow if you will only try again. Failure comes as much from putting everything out and falling as never fully extending your wings. Either one results in a failed attempt, but only turns into a obstacle if you don't get back up and give it all you've got [again].
Let's break the cycle. One, two, three, go.
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This has been a public service announcement. You're welcome. :)
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"Go. Live your dream." "I will." "Your dream stinks, I was talking to her." -Tangled
"No one can go back and make a new beginning, but anyone can start now and make a new ending." -U. N. Known
"Fifty years from now when you're looking back, don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get in the car?" -Transformers
"Give everything you have, all the time, and you will have a lot fewer regrets in life."
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Today's Featured Quote:
"Doubt is a luxury we can't afford anymore." -The Incredibles
