As we are growing up we are told by our family and our friends that the
world is just the way it is, and that your life is just to live your
life inside the world. Don't try to bash down walls. Don't try to push
boundaries. Try simply to have a nice family life, buy a house, save a
little money, retire and die. Just be happy.
So, be honest with yourself. How is that working out for you?
For me, that point-of-view sucks. That to me is a very limited and
wasted life. Life can and should be much broader once you discover one
very simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call
"life", all the physical and social constructs that surround you, were
made up by people who were probably no smarter than you. And once you
know this inalienable truth, it is but a small step to realise you can
change change this life, you can influence it, mould it, and build your
own version of that which you call a life.
But like all things, it comes down to choice. What do you choose?
Are you just going to live in this life or, instead, do you choose to
embrace it, change it, improve it, and stamp your mark upon it? I do not
deny that it is a hard choice. After all, how does somebody know what
they want if they haven't seen or experienced it before? True greatness
always comes from risking failure, and if you want greatness, then you
must also be prepared to risk it all.
Personally, I choose to lead a life where I can look back on it and
say: "Yes, I did that!". I choose to take a gamble on my own vision
rather than conforming to other people's decision. I choose to embrace
those little things that truly define a life: the smile to an old man
waiting at a bus stop, the courtesy to be civilised here in RHP, or
just the moments of pure clarity when I just sit still, chill and scheme
up my next thrill. I choose to mix it with the crazy ones, the misfits,
the rebels, the trouble-makers, the problem-solvers, the round pegs in
the square holes, the ones who see things differently. Why? Because they
change things. They push the human race forward. And, where others may
see madness, I see genius.Studley
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