:: make a wish for the best, of all the little things that i miss ::
Sometimes I read my friend's blogs and they amaze me. A certain few friends, usually. This time it was Steve. Here's some of his post, edited for brevity's sake,of course - I wouldn't rip anything out of its original context.
I want to talk about fairy tales. ... I'm not going to say that I'm opposed to fairy tales, but I do have some beef with them. ... because they create this "happy ending" idea that one day you will have no problems. It's the same reason I hate chick flicks which are kind of like the teenage girl version of fairy tales.
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Life isn't about finding the problem free happy ending, it's about making the most of it all even in the face of conflict and problems. I want to write a fairy tale someday about the unluckiest man in the world. Nothing good happens to him. He is a miserable little scum. Then one day he realizes, "You know what, it doesn't seem that life is going to ever throw me a bone, so I might as well learn to find happiness without having it fed to me by circumstance."
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This is what happens to people who wait for happy endings. They eventually get old, look back on their life and realize, "Crap, I've wasted my whole life waiting for something better than this."
Sometime's my friends post better explanations of my life than I can. I wonder how that works. I think it's the grace of God, shining through and saying "Hey Marc, you're not alone in the world, so get off your little overly emotional buttocks and do something with your life. I'll take care of the womenfolk/school/insert melodrama here."
In other news, my iPod crashed my computer today. Which means I probably need to upgrade the firmware. And, I found out I'm finally getting a grade for my study abroad work. I'd better have a friggin A in 311. Oh, and I actually managed to go out and listen to Tom Short without a heated debate. I should've reminded him that he said I was going to hell last year.
I've heard this one before, about the princess and the pauper.
I know just how it ends now, it doesn't end well, it just ends.
Some things you learn from hurting yourself,
Some things you learn from hurting someone else.
I want to talk about fairy tales. ... I'm not going to say that I'm opposed to fairy tales, but I do have some beef with them. ... because they create this "happy ending" idea that one day you will have no problems. It's the same reason I hate chick flicks which are kind of like the teenage girl version of fairy tales.
...
Life isn't about finding the problem free happy ending, it's about making the most of it all even in the face of conflict and problems. I want to write a fairy tale someday about the unluckiest man in the world. Nothing good happens to him. He is a miserable little scum. Then one day he realizes, "You know what, it doesn't seem that life is going to ever throw me a bone, so I might as well learn to find happiness without having it fed to me by circumstance."
...
This is what happens to people who wait for happy endings. They eventually get old, look back on their life and realize, "Crap, I've wasted my whole life waiting for something better than this."
Sometime's my friends post better explanations of my life than I can. I wonder how that works. I think it's the grace of God, shining through and saying "Hey Marc, you're not alone in the world, so get off your little overly emotional buttocks and do something with your life. I'll take care of the womenfolk/school/insert melodrama here."
In other news, my iPod crashed my computer today. Which means I probably need to upgrade the firmware. And, I found out I'm finally getting a grade for my study abroad work. I'd better have a friggin A in 311. Oh, and I actually managed to go out and listen to Tom Short without a heated debate. I should've reminded him that he said I was going to hell last year.
I've heard this one before, about the princess and the pauper.
I know just how it ends now, it doesn't end well, it just ends.
Some things you learn from hurting yourself,
Some things you learn from hurting someone else.