The aspect of the human mind is at many times ever-changing. At one point your perspective could be sound and stoic. Then, out of nowhere, some cataclysmic change happens and there you are. You just stand there thinking about what to do, who you are, and what you believe in. Most people just put a band-ad over it and never think about the situation again. Until it bubbles to the surface and then you have to face it anyway. There is no real way of dodging the change or the feeling of alienation when it all goes south. One compromises and at some point even accepts it. The main point most miss is that nothing you do really stays it's course. It changes constantly…sometimes so small that you don't even notice. Then there are the big things that change, and you have to succumb to the fact that your plans never came through. That maybe…just maybe you weren't as safe as you once thought.
I've heard it said that God closes one door then opens a window…so you have something to jump out of. It's pretty astute I'll say, because to really do something different you just have to act. You can't just pussy-foot around the topic you have to go out on a limb, because even if you think it's not safe; the safest route may not be as sound as you once thought. At least you could say to yourself that you at least tried. Instead of sitting there confused and depressed about your situation. Frustration in our society is the offspring of safe and conforming lifestyles. Money is comforting for only so long. It's amazing to see that those with the money and the "life" are constantly depressed or just have completely hallow existances. So what is done about it? Mid-life crisis probably, or they just go plain nuts and do drastic "exciting" things that are presumably safe to try to fill the void of the scariest phrase known in the English language: "what if?"
If a person where to be hit by a speeding truck, no chance of survival and no chance to get out of the way of danger in time. What do you think their last thought would be? Most wouldn't have the smallest shred of contentment at all. Fear, anxiety, and dissapointment would probably be the feelings I think they would feel. What would they think about? Chances are they will think about the things they should have done, the acts that they really wanted to do but never got a chance to because they "died too soon." Well, not to sound ridiculous but there is no dying too soon. When you go that's it and there is nothing you can do about it. You don't know when it's coming and you can't prepare for it no matter how many insurance plans you have. It will happen and for me that puts a Buddha-like smile across my face. I'm not worried you see because since I know that I will die someday, and I don't know when, I know that I have to act now on what I feel I want or should do. Those particular ideas change almost daily as well. That's the best part though, that's life, you don't have a choice and chances are that no matter what you do it doesn't matter. The world will end, humanity will continuously destroy itself, there will always be drugs, as well as drug addicts, there will always be music you don't like, and there will always be shitty movies, we will always get bored, and we will always find some reason that one thing we like so much is not as great as we thought it would.
So why not take everything as if it was the first time. See people as if it was the first time, leave them thinking that you may never see them again, lay everything on the table; because if you don't you might just regret it or may never have another chance to do it. There is only one life we lead…we get one chance. If you are religious and think that there is some magical place we go after we die then that's great, but you can't deny that small bit of doubt. The idea of a completely devoted person on one partiular idea is ridiculous. The human mind is so powerful and so inquisitive that we question everything. I believe most people just over-compensate their beliefs so that way they keep up appearances for their community that does the same damn thing. It's the Salem, MA mindset. You get enough bat-shit crazy puritans together and if a small majority believes some ridiculous idea everyone else must feel it necessary to do the same. Even though the majority feels that the idea is a complete shit idea, they still go along with it just so that they will still be seen as "the in crowd." Everyone wants to be accepted no matter how much lengths they have to go in order to get there. Generally people are afraid of ridicule, which is another reason to go the "safe" route. It's seen as the safe way simply because that is what the majority of society says it is. Even though most people individually will completely say different.
So, go to college, marry your sweet-heart, keep the love child, go to church, stay at the job you hate, don't stand up to anyone, watch Mtv, don't read, keep paying attention and admeration to celebrities, quit drinking and doing drugs; though if you do these things and so much more do it because you want to, not because you are "suppose to." And chances are you don't want to do any of it anyway do you?
Divorce your wife.
Abandon your kids.
Quit your job.
