An homage to life's little complexities...
It has been almost two years since I (hand over mouth in the style of Charlie Runkle while saying this) "blawwggged", but no time like the now to have a rebirth of inspiration. I feel I can say I have had the blessing of being able to experience the widths and breadths of what life has to offer. The highest of the highs and lowest of the lows. The best of times were had. Sadly, the truth in the statement that nothing lasts forever can be a hard pill to swallow. I guess that is when one is given the opportunity to make a decision: Keep on keepin' on... or not.
Gratefully, like Joe Dirt (pronounced deer-tay), I am and always have been the former rather than the latter. I have also always been a fan of quotes and songs that offer inspirational messages. Anything that seems to have been a collection of someone's experience of whatever it may have been in life and then pithily synopses-ed, if you will, for others to take and put in the back pocket for whenever they may go through a similar experience. Rainy day? How 'bout Eddie Rabbit's "I Love a Rainy Night"! Tough decision to make? How 'bout the always popular "Two paths diverged in a wood..."! Having trouble with your outlook on things? How 'bout my personal creation of "Being overly optimistic blinds one to the reality of things. Being overly pessimistic blinds one to the hopefulness of things. Therefore I say strive for pessimistic optimism...a.k.a. cautious hopefulness." Black fly in your chardonnay? As she told us, "Isn't it ironic?"
"A few more!", you say? I thought you'd never ask! For the sake of keeping your attention, I'll insert them at the end so you can read them at your leisure. There's a million of them out there and they cover any and every subject. If used correctly, I believe they are little gems that are scattered out there for us to Hansel-and-Gretel-esquely pick up on our journey through this thing called life.
I say all this to preface the following thought. I am seriously considering bringing to life a concept for a book that came to me in days past. Premise: That if people took the morally bankrupt ways of their personal lives and attempted to use them in the professional world, the unemployment line would be significantly longer. On the flip-side, maybe if people took the skills necessary to succeed in the business world and implemented them in their personal lives, maybe just maybe, the world would be a little better place. Just a thought...tentatively titled "The Business of Relationships".
Quotes for those who enjoy quotes:
"Love means exposing yourself to the pain of being deeply hurt....and it will be by someone you love."
"This too, soon shall pass."
"You are undertaking the first experience, not of the place, but of yourself in that place. It is an experience of essential loneliness, for nobody can discover the world for anybody else. It is only after we have discovered the world for ourselves that it becomes a common ground and bond, and we cease to be alone."
"Don't allow yourself to be a result of the past, rather, be a cause of the future."
..."Two paths diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference."
"All the time ya spend tryin' to get back what's been took from ya, more is goin' out the door."
"You never know how many miles you'll have to run while chasing your dreams."
"The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you!" -Rocky Balboa
"God grant me the the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
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