Potential vs Possibility

Potentials, we all have them in diverse quantities. It’s just sad that some go through their whole lives without ever really discovering what they are. Or, maybe, (they) don’t care.

It’s fairly an impossible task to motivate someone who’s got the potential but will not look for a possibility. Interest is another aspect. You may have all the aptitude in the world, and the possibilities are also open for you. But, you’re not interested in that particular endeavor. Not even an elephant can drag you then. (this is actually translated from a Thai proverb)

While it’s true that the right attitude will get you somewhere, the opposite is also true. A gifted person with a poor attitude can undoubtedly bloom, no ifs ands or buts. Sometimes just a little self-enhancement is all it takes to get you going.

So is this boiling down to the undisputable claim that our attitudes determine our aptitudes? Is our enthusiasm a more plausible ingredient for our self-advancement?

Deception

CHANGE......What a deceptive concept! "Change is the only thing that's eternal." How lame this phrase is! It's all a lie! I have seen and personally met a person who, in spite of all the conscious efforts on her part, always reverts back to the old ways! So, how is change relevant in this case?

Every time the same old promises...the same old sorry's...and the same old...It won't happen again. Never works. Old habits die hard.

What a handicap this is on the recipient(s) of this rigid individual's ignonimy! We are supposed to bear with her and accept all her follies especially when the insults are hurled directly at us. It's such an impossible endeavor!

Robert Frost's Poem: The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.


- Robert Frost
American Poet, Pulitzer Prize Winner
(1875 - 1963)

Virtue

Patience is really a virtue. Trust me....I know it. Yes, you may get a bit frustrated from time to time but being patient through all those times is worth it all. Imagine a lifetime of heartaches avoided from showing constraint. You never have to run after yourself to wipe off your shit (pardon my French). Coz whatever begins in anger always ends in shame.

An Afterthought

Life can be hard
When you take things to heart

Life can be mundane
And it may feel like rain

Never lose hope
For you never will mope

Have faith that things will change
For laughter you will see again

Cliche or not...nothing ever lasts.
Cliche no doubt...change is eternal.

Midlife Crisis

I'm living my life in reverse. Now is the time to be all tensed up and edgy. Instead, I'm all ecstatic and light hearted. I now delight in the things that I once considered senseless and inane. What a boon to my existence! I don't have to go through what other midlife women go through! I don't have to have angry outbursts and irrational vexation! What a benefit to my being!

Yes..I've been warned...by doctors, friends and relatives....even by books. I anticipated all or some of the symptoms and was ready to embrace them. But they were a no-show. I am free. I am spared. I am a happy soul.

They said life is going to be hard. Mine has been easy. They said every little things can trigger you. I am now so patient with big things. They said lethargy will set in. I'm all energetic and peppy. Could this be true? Is it really happening in the opposite for me? Does this so-called crisis really sit well with me?

Don't talk too fast...you might say. It surly will happen. There is no escape...you might add. Well, I doubt it ever will. Look at me!!! I'm so joyful and bubbly. Are these the signs of a person suffering from a midlife crisis?!?

Laughing during a stupidly funny movie! Come on...you know I would never do that! I would just sit still while others can't seem to stop laughing. It's the other way around now. I actually laugh at those silly scenes in movies. What could be going on if not the reverse effect of this crisis?!? Until you can provide me with a decent observation, I'm taking it at face value.

Call of Duty

Duty. Is it so wrong if we evade it? I’m talking about a duty to the nation. Is it so wrong to shun it? Is it so wrong for a mother to try to find a way out for her son? Is it so wrong for us to seek out an escape for this hazardous ‘call of duty’?

I am in such a dilemma. I just want to shriek out so loud. Tears are gathering up as I reflect. Such a life threatening decision shouldn’t be so hard for one to decide upon. But it is. It always is. And the decision will haunt me forever. But I will do what I have to do. I have to protect my son.

All lives are precious. I know. Imagine those who do not even have the luxury to think about an escape. What do they do? How do they cope?

I’m going to go ahead and do the unfathomable thing here. I’m going to desperately be on a quest for an alibi….something to keep him safe under my roof.

I am willing to let everyone condemn me. I am willing to let people reprimand me. My son must remain home with me, safe under my care. He will elude all calls of duty. So…..BERATE ME!!!