choices are the spice of life
my mother got an email the other day. that's not the news... i mean the lady recieves about 700 of them daily. what i mean to say is that she actually got a good one the other day. it's an old one, but still one of the better ones. i had intended to wait for her to send it to me so i could post the whole story, but i realized that doing that would make for another few months before my next post, and i couldn't do that to my loyal stalkers again, so i'll just give you the gist.
it's about a man who seems to be perpetually happy... he just has one of those attitudes of unflappable kindness that gets on the nerves of grumpy people everywhere. no matter what, he always has a smile on his face and a positive attitude about any situation. one day at his job as a construction worker, he had a horrible accident where he fell from a tremendous height. the workers in the ambulance knew his situation was critical and were all tense. the man, also realizing the seriousness of his situation, still found the strength in himself to joke around with the emt's. upon arrival at the hospital, the outlook of the emergency room doctors was also not so good. he required a major amount of surgery, and even then his chances for survival were slim. as he was moved in to the operating room, the doctors asked him if he was allergic to anything. the man looked straight at the surgeon with a serious look on his face and said very plainly "yes... gravity". the mood in the room lightened immediately and the surgery went off without any problems. he explained that he lived his life as a series of choices. he woke up every morning and made the decision to be in either a good mood or a bad mood all day. during his ordeal, he saw it as the choice to either give up or to keep on fighting towards life.
this view is beautiful in its simplicity. i don't know if this guy actually existed, but if he did i want to find him and shake his hand for discovering just how simple life is when it is broken down to its most basic components. is the view naiive? does it not take in to account the subtleties that make life what many know it to be? i don't think so. those subtleties are often superfluous things that serve only to cloud proper judgement of the situations to which they apply. i live my life in a manner similar to this, minus the perpetually happy part, haha. i try, but that's hard man. maybe i'm wrong about the whole thing... maybe life is supposed to be complicated like that? i've been doing pretty well despite seeing things as simply as i do, despite contention that i have recieved from both family and friends. they insist that my ubiquitous kindness towards everyone and my desire to help others without asking for anything in return is ridiculous... that such a lifestyle will get me nowhere in real life. once again, i point out that i'm doing well for myself with a gread deal of really cool people from various walks of life, all of whom i can call friends. who knows though. guess it's just a matter of how each person chooses to live their life.
sorry it's not as deep or thought provoking as the last entry, but it's not every day you run in such a momentous event as turning 21 to provoke meaningful thought. it'll be better later/next time/whenever haha. who knows, maybe i'll get in to the habit of doing this every day again, then i'll never run out of material! hahaha. as for now, it's bedtime.
that says it for justin
peace out
it's about a man who seems to be perpetually happy... he just has one of those attitudes of unflappable kindness that gets on the nerves of grumpy people everywhere. no matter what, he always has a smile on his face and a positive attitude about any situation. one day at his job as a construction worker, he had a horrible accident where he fell from a tremendous height. the workers in the ambulance knew his situation was critical and were all tense. the man, also realizing the seriousness of his situation, still found the strength in himself to joke around with the emt's. upon arrival at the hospital, the outlook of the emergency room doctors was also not so good. he required a major amount of surgery, and even then his chances for survival were slim. as he was moved in to the operating room, the doctors asked him if he was allergic to anything. the man looked straight at the surgeon with a serious look on his face and said very plainly "yes... gravity". the mood in the room lightened immediately and the surgery went off without any problems. he explained that he lived his life as a series of choices. he woke up every morning and made the decision to be in either a good mood or a bad mood all day. during his ordeal, he saw it as the choice to either give up or to keep on fighting towards life.
this view is beautiful in its simplicity. i don't know if this guy actually existed, but if he did i want to find him and shake his hand for discovering just how simple life is when it is broken down to its most basic components. is the view naiive? does it not take in to account the subtleties that make life what many know it to be? i don't think so. those subtleties are often superfluous things that serve only to cloud proper judgement of the situations to which they apply. i live my life in a manner similar to this, minus the perpetually happy part, haha. i try, but that's hard man. maybe i'm wrong about the whole thing... maybe life is supposed to be complicated like that? i've been doing pretty well despite seeing things as simply as i do, despite contention that i have recieved from both family and friends. they insist that my ubiquitous kindness towards everyone and my desire to help others without asking for anything in return is ridiculous... that such a lifestyle will get me nowhere in real life. once again, i point out that i'm doing well for myself with a gread deal of really cool people from various walks of life, all of whom i can call friends. who knows though. guess it's just a matter of how each person chooses to live their life.
sorry it's not as deep or thought provoking as the last entry, but it's not every day you run in such a momentous event as turning 21 to provoke meaningful thought. it'll be better later/next time/whenever haha. who knows, maybe i'll get in to the habit of doing this every day again, then i'll never run out of material! hahaha. as for now, it's bedtime.
that says it for justin
peace out