*Picture courtesy of Deviantart user.
During school days they taught the poem "The Road Not Taken".Basically the story about the route,and how it branches out into a fork-road.The choices made,shall be one which is not regrettable.Within the time span of your life,you find that on many occasions, you have chosen to settle in your little nest.We very often address as our 'comfort zone'.
Question is,what becomes to that guarded spot of yours when you see a range of choices up ahead?Not just choices about what colour of shoes to wear,how should you do you hair,what should you eat today..blah,BLAH,blah.
We're talking about decisions that are bound to change your life.
The turning points.
No matter how much you try to run away from it.No matter how hard you try to avoid the upcoming events.No matter how far you run...
It becomes inevitable.
How does one attempt to crawl out from a self-made hole?
There are two perspectives on this.
You have people who LOVE changes.who craves for it.who seeks for it.who desires it.
You have people who HATE changes.who runs away.Who lives in denial.who lie to themselves.who lives in fear.
But in the first place,should there even be a room for one to have preferences?
Is it merely a life event instilled within our systems?
But I thought humans by nature have the ability to control their lives through decision-making processes.
So does that mean that when a person 'chooses' to stay in one spot, it becomes possible?
I guess to a certain extend, is it possible.The reason why this 'choice' never works out is because EVERYTHING else around you is constantly changing. In their respective paces.
Eventually,people become pressured by society's expectations..patterns..rules..basically the way 'normal' things should work.
I guess when the time comes, one has no choice but to make decisions.The agony is probably the process you go through before the choice is made.The insecurity,doubt,paranoia,assumptions...etc..etc..
Lets face it, we can never be TOO careful with how we live our lives.Its logical to be cautious about your driving skills, but is that applicable when it comes to life events?
Because after all, when the moment of change begins,you find yourself flowing smoothly..As though the previous days of worries and drama was nothing but unnecessary stress.
3 comments:
you know, life IS not a system, despite us, trying to plan, to organize things, to be cautious about decision-making etc.
like take this dude for example. all his life, he plays it by the book - live cautiously, drive carefully, does what he's supposed to: grow up, go to school, gets a job, gets married, have kids - all round good family man, prays to god, don't drink, don't take drugs, don't smoke - but in the end, some shitty thing like lung cancer takes his life.
like wtf right? he played it right - he systemized his life properly, and look what he got?
you know what i mean?
damn. life IS tough. but thrilling nevertheless.
I'm one of those people who fucking hate change. but yes, i always except it. but really, i hate when i have to change my road in life. but perhaps its for the best...sugh..
To put it quite plainly, during our somewhat limited lifespan the number of permutations that result from the choices we make are infinite.
^Positive
Because we're bestowed with so many options - good and bad(oh and one extreme case: the totally fucked up choice) we shouldn't take it as 'oh, because we only live only once, i like the way i am, hence, i shall remain so'.
^Positive
Doesn't anyone dare to achieve their dreams or deepest desires(realistic goals, of course)?
^Positive/Negative
Life isn't complete without risk. Nowonder there are so many people who find themselves stuck at some point.
^Depends
As one smartass puts it, "If you talk about nothing, nothign will change. Perhaps time will. But then again, thats not true. Doing things changes things. Not doing things leaves things exactly as they were."
^Ditto
Oh and, just referring to that interesting B&W picture you selected:
How insignificant one sometimes feel at times but when looked from a different perspective, you realize that you do fit in as a 'small piece' in the the big messed up jigsaw in which we dubb as society itself.
Sometimes ask yourself, "Where do i stand?"
- Ian
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