Changes, Chances, Choices

I am a big fan of change. Its not that I get bored easily or can't stay still for 2 minutes or something. I just like the idea of improvement, of adding value to what's already there because it's what we've all been doing for as long as we existed.

Yes, I miss being a child - sheltered and protected but I am who I am now because of the changes that molded my personality, guided my perception and shaped my perspective.

We have no choice but to embrace change - just as your smartphone or tablet lost its value cause the newest models hit the store. Even the quality of relationships you have changes - friends, family, career. Nothing stays the same...you have to adapt and keep your head above the water and you will even if you don't want to. Your survival instincts will make sure you do. 

Chances - how many of them have passed us by? What are the odds that I would have written about something else and not this one? This is a piece that's been conceptualized years before and have never seen the light of day until now. Have I done it 3 years ago, would it say the same? Could have I expressed myself better?

Once I was told I've gone far and accomplished much, I said thank you. Yet thought to myself, think again! I took the long and unpopular route to get to where I am. I took chances. I am rebellious. I bent rules, challenged the status quo. I didn't want to be contained or defined based on prevailing standards. I was different...and I am paying the price for it.

Choices, we all have 'em but we often pick the wrong ones and complain, complain and complain. That part I don't quite get. You made the choice, live with it. If you can't then choose to do so. If you're miserable, make the choice to be happy and act on it. If you're stuck, make the choice to get a move on and work on it...just like what Adelle sang, "I'll be my own savior..."

Point in mind: these are leverage. We can use them in every aspect of our lives, most of the time though, discomfort and fear paralyzes us. I don't blame you. I did. I've been there and in some way I still am.

As Capt. Nathan Algren puts it in The Last Samurai, "I believe a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed to him."