I took some time today
and went back and looked over some of my past posts, it’s amazing to see how
the subject matter varies from day to day, moment to moment, and month to
month. It just reconfirms that this life thing is truly a roller coaster
and no high or low will last forever. The fleeting nature of moments and
experiences lends itself to our development of a fluid and sometimes rocky
outlook on things. There's a saying that states "it's never as good
or a bad as it seems", I think that pretty much sums it all up. Each
day we are granted the opportunity to start over, to find that next experience,
to feel that next emotion, to embark on that next great success or drown in a
brand new pool of failure.
How often do you allow
your thoughts to mull over the idea of forever? Taking a moment to sit
down and think of the longevity of it all, life’s' journey is one that we all
hope will be long and fruitful but sometimes that judgment can only be made
once we gain a certain perspective. Though each individual moment may not
be as satisfying or fulfilling as we had hoped, we tend to look back on the
whole with positive feelings about the experience. Like when you think
about high school or college you think about how much fun you had and come up
with statements like "those were the best years of my life" but when
you were in the middle of it did you feel that way? While waking up and
going to class or practice or both, I would bet that your attitude was not
"this is the best time of my life" nope, it required a certain level
of separation from the whole thing to appreciate it for what it was.
Sometimes in life it’s
necessary to take a step back and smell the roses, to allow yourself a few
minutes to enjoy the fruit of your labor and appreciate the experience at every
level. Today is really not that bad and tomorrow will not be that great
lol. I guess that’s the perspective of man that has seen the ups and downs of life’s'
roller coaster and has learned to sit back and enjoy the ride.
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