I consider myself a philosopher because of the fact that I think a lot. A LOT! About many things, too. A peal, we all know, is a tone of bells, maybe tuned to a scale of some sort. Bells, that by being voraciously hit, can make perfect harmony. I hope what I say can create harmony. It may be in such an absurd way, but I hope someone out there understands.
I read the words of one like me, and he said that all of his friends were wondering where he came up with such crazy ideas, or they were asking how high he was when he wrote his thoughts. These are the kind of people...I won't even get into that. I don't want to. Anyway, back to something relevant...he amazed me, because he seemed so depressed about it. In one of my essays, I preached the idea of being a mental egotist; it helps in so many situations. And he seemed like he cared nothing about his self-esteem. Maybe his dream was to do something for his friends, to let them realize so many truths he was telling...but no one would listen. I understand why he was so down about it. He seemed confused, motivated to go somewhere but with no destination...just like every single one of us here.
I've been studying the words of Lao-Tzu lately, and what he has to say is very interesting. Much of what he says is that way...it has nothing much to do with change. I thought much about this and I like the idea of change. Not just to get a word in where one has never been before, but I noticed it interesting. Change is such an undefinable thing...because it happens in so much degree, at the most unpredictable time and place (pretty much all four dimensions.) I like to embrace it. Things in this life are so general and big...any change could welcome an improvement. Because I am human, I like to see progress after or during its happening. If I don't like the change, then I concentrate on other things. If I do, then I embrace it. Seeing as how, at my standpoint, my life is very much better than it's ever been, and as for change, I thank whomever brought it into our mental realm known as reality.
Everyone loses something. It could be love, it could be success...whatever it is, sometime in a person's life, they lose something. But here's the good news: In the words of Lester Burnham, "It's never too late to get it back." And he's right. It's never too late. I lost something very early in my life...and I almost gave up looking for it...but then I gained it back. I don't really know how or why, but it was given, like a Christmas gift to a child early in the morning on the 25th, back to me. It just hit me one day..."This is horrible! Why do I live like this?" And then, I changed. Completely. I gained it back. And I hope to not lose it again. Everyone changes...for better or for worse. But it's your life. It's never too late...
People are always telling me that "It's the small things in life that make the difference." And this is true...but it's also the big things in life that make that same difference. It's the balance between these two things that keep us human, and happy. Just remember that it's not just the small things in life...it's all a balance. Just be able to not be overcome with one side of the balance, and be happy with everything you have in life. Do you know why life is in you? Because it's yours. Your own, personal life. And it can be manipulated in so many ways. I hope that everyone out there remembers that they have control of their lives, at all times.
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