...and so it begins.

Time and again we all have random thoughts, sometimes in the extreme, that for whatever reason we want to share with someone.....well, anyone really.  If not for our own self-gratification then for the sheer joy of having conversation with other souls.  Today for instance, my good friend and I went out of town to watch a movie and grab some grub.  While we were sitting in our comfy booth awaiting our bottomless french fries and assorted dips I asked him if he ever had the strange desire to achieve something more in life.  I wasn't being rhetorical.  I actually wanted to know his thoughts on the matter.  I sat there content with the way my life was going and looked around at the others around me and wondered if they felt the same.  How can we sit idly by in all our actions and let life get us down.  We all some things in our lives we want to improve and situations we want changed but where does it go from there?  They (being the experts) say that the first step to correcting a problem is to admit you have one in the first place right?  So, what is your problem?  Are you going to do anything about it or are you just going to sit there and complain about it and wonder when life will quit being unfair to you?  See, this is what really frustrates me about people in general.  Before I continue with my rant, let me clarify that a person, individually, is intelligent, but people, in their entirety, are foolish, selfish, and unmotivated.  I know what I need to do to rectify the wrongs in my life, whatever they may be, but I sometimes, and too often, make the mistake of letting the world know my intentions and then the **** really hits the fan.  Now I'm not only accountable to myself but I have the expectations of others to deal with as well.  If I succeed in my endeavors, GREAT, if I fail, however, then I have let down not only myself, but everyone else as well.  So where does that get me when I'm thinking about doing something worthwhile and memorable in my life?  Absolutely nowhere.  Well, at least as far as you are concerned anyway.  We each have our own dreams, ambitions and desires in life.  It is up to each of you individually to take the necessary actions to see them to fruition if you so choose.  There are so many cliches for this that it would take me all day and too much of your time to list them so I'll just leave you with this one.  "The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." -Lao Tzu.  Be the difference you seek in your circumstance.  You want something to change?  Then change it.  If you recognize a problem, be it personal or professional, and you complain (being the operative word) to others, it only serves to fuel the fire of discontent.  Now if you see a problem, complain, but have a means to resolution, and do nothing, then you, my good friend, are a hypocrite.  See it and own it.  'Nuf said........................for now. TTYL