Life
XXVIII - Normally when I write a journal I have something on my mind. Wether it be an emotion, a thought, or just some aspect of life I feel the need to elaborate on. Today I was not so fortunate. I felt like I have been way to lazy with my journal since I am basically not very busy right now. Normally I slack on my journals because I get so busy and so tired that I do not find the time to write in them. And as a side note....have you ever noticed how nobody ever wants to admit they arent busy in life? If you ask somebody what they are doing, and then say "wow sounds like you haven't been doing much" or "that's cool that you arent very busy" - immediately they say they are busy just not the normal kind. Or that they just dont feel like explaining why they are busy. For some reason many people are afraid to admit to doing nothing, or just not being busy in their lives. Not sure why, but it seems that people view doing nothing as negative. I don't care, if I was rich I would do nothing constructive all day. Heck I would play madden most of the time. Ok ok back to the original point from above; today I felt like I needed to write in my journal, but I was not sure where to draw an idea from. So I for some reason thought about the author of some of my favorite quotes - Samuel Butler. No I am not trying to pose that I read a lot of books and am very knowledgeable in literature, because I'm not and I have no desire to be. But I do love quotes. I really like them. That's why I enjoy song lyrics so much, because they are just a series of quotes strung together with catchy beats and often times good voices. But back to big Sam dogg. I'm sure most of you have no clue who he is or what hes famous for....well one of my favorite quotes ever, and one I'm sure you will know, is from Mr. Butler -
"'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have lost at all."
Sometimes you hear this quote with "than never to have loved at all", which is essentially the same thing but the first one is the original way he wrote it. I will not attempt to make any comments on that quote because I have strong feelings for one side of it, and I will not go into that at this moment. But, anyway he has another quote that I really like, and it will be the basis for this journal.
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
What a great way to sum up life. The violin, something so incredibly sophisticated and hard to learn. Not many people can truly play the violin well, but when they can, it's one of the most respected and sought after music performances there is. That's life. Hard, sophisticated, difficult to learn. But when done right, respected and sought after by many. Life is a series of mistakes. A series of downfalls and peaks. And life is always public. No matter how hard you try to make life private, it will never be. That's why life is so difficult, so difficult for many that they feel they need to stop life on their own terms. We screw up, we do things because we do not know yet, or have not learned. Everybody sees them, and its embarassing at times...its frustrating, its hard to deal with. How horrible is it to hear a violin played by a beginner? That is how life is for some people (namely Paul Stanford). For most of us we feel that we are learing life for the first time and its difficult. How many times have you stopped and thought, man if I only knew that then, or wow things would be different if I was who I am now. It's almost humerous to me to think of how different things would have been in highschool if I knew then what I know now. I think a lof of my past troubles in life were because I understood people and relationships ahead of my time, which led to me getting away with way too much. That led to me trusting my slithering ability beyond its limits, and getting myself in situations that I should have never been in. So maybe it is a good thing that we look back and say "if I only knew"...because this way we are always striving to be abetter person, to improve on who we are in life. If we did indeed know then what we know now, would we ever try to be a better person? Or would we all just be like Paul Stanford and think that we are God's gift to life and we know everything? It's definitely an interesting thought to ponder. What if playing the violin came natural to us? While everybody else was learning in public, we were already an expert - how would life be? While it is fun to think about, that's all it really is. Everybody has to learn to play the violin, that's just it. That's just life.
That was mildy confusing I think...I may have to go back and rewrite some of it. I just saw my picture below this too, geez I'm a hot guy.
I think I will end this journal with my very own quote on life. I think its well written, thought out, and helpful to anybody who is struggling with life in general. Here's a lil pick me up, write this one down folks ; "When life gets you down, think of Denny"
"'Tis better to have loved and lost, than never to have lost at all."
Sometimes you hear this quote with "than never to have loved at all", which is essentially the same thing but the first one is the original way he wrote it. I will not attempt to make any comments on that quote because I have strong feelings for one side of it, and I will not go into that at this moment. But, anyway he has another quote that I really like, and it will be the basis for this journal.
"Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on."
What a great way to sum up life. The violin, something so incredibly sophisticated and hard to learn. Not many people can truly play the violin well, but when they can, it's one of the most respected and sought after music performances there is. That's life. Hard, sophisticated, difficult to learn. But when done right, respected and sought after by many. Life is a series of mistakes. A series of downfalls and peaks. And life is always public. No matter how hard you try to make life private, it will never be. That's why life is so difficult, so difficult for many that they feel they need to stop life on their own terms. We screw up, we do things because we do not know yet, or have not learned. Everybody sees them, and its embarassing at times...its frustrating, its hard to deal with. How horrible is it to hear a violin played by a beginner? That is how life is for some people (namely Paul Stanford). For most of us we feel that we are learing life for the first time and its difficult. How many times have you stopped and thought, man if I only knew that then, or wow things would be different if I was who I am now. It's almost humerous to me to think of how different things would have been in highschool if I knew then what I know now. I think a lof of my past troubles in life were because I understood people and relationships ahead of my time, which led to me getting away with way too much. That led to me trusting my slithering ability beyond its limits, and getting myself in situations that I should have never been in. So maybe it is a good thing that we look back and say "if I only knew"...because this way we are always striving to be abetter person, to improve on who we are in life. If we did indeed know then what we know now, would we ever try to be a better person? Or would we all just be like Paul Stanford and think that we are God's gift to life and we know everything? It's definitely an interesting thought to ponder. What if playing the violin came natural to us? While everybody else was learning in public, we were already an expert - how would life be? While it is fun to think about, that's all it really is. Everybody has to learn to play the violin, that's just it. That's just life.
That was mildy confusing I think...I may have to go back and rewrite some of it. I just saw my picture below this too, geez I'm a hot guy.
I think I will end this journal with my very own quote on life. I think its well written, thought out, and helpful to anybody who is struggling with life in general. Here's a lil pick me up, write this one down folks ; "When life gets you down, think of Denny"