subject: Trying Crying Surviving [print this page] Perhaps through our minds eye, as we scan those slowly and evermore fading visions of our younger years as a child, we recall a few instances when we were attempting to accomplish something but no matter how much of an effort we put into it, se seem to somehow fail. And of course, it wasnt long before our ever exerting selves became all excited and we began to cry. We were way too young to realize that we were way to young to know the solution to whatever it was that caused our tears of failure or maybe that there was no solution, and we should have moved on to something else.
As time passed, our bodies aged into the teenage years, our knowledge increases, and we learned to over look some of the smaller loses in our livesmainly because other attempted accomplishments became more important. Such as; we may have spent many long hours studying for a very critical test, but afterward learned that we had not studied enoughand we cried, but we survived! Or maybe our heart may have been full of puppy love for a particular individual, but when we pursed our quest, we discovered they had no interest in usand we cried, but we survived!
We may have practiced for months to obtain a part in a school play, only to find out later that someone else was betterand we cried, but we survived! We might have craved our license to drive on our sixteenth birthday, but didnt quite pass the testand we cried, but we survived! Of course, it may have been that the day of graduation arrived, and we suddenly found out we need one more creditand we cried, but we survived.
As time went on its merry way, perhaps we tried to gain entrance to the college we desired, but could not amass enough moneyand we cried, but we survived! Or we applied for a good-paying job in a field we loved, but someone else beat us to itand we cried, but we survived! Or it could have been that on our wedding day, we were embarrassed because our intended mate ran off with someone elseand we cried, but we survived!
Naturally, it could have been the day we were traveling to meet a long lost friend in another state, but our vehicle broke down, and we couldnt afford to get it fixedand we cried, but we survived! Or maybe our computer crashed, and took our last three months work with itand we cried, but we survived!
Perhaps it took us a year to author a book, and one day realized we left it somewhereand we cried, but we survived! Or its possible our house caught fire, and was completely destroyedand we cried, but we survived! Then maybe it was when we tried out for the major league team of our teenage dreams, but didnt quite make the gradeand we cried, but we survived! Or maybe it was when we went to purchase the new car we always wanted, but our credit was not good enoughand we cried, but we survived!
Then one day, we woke up and headed to the bathroom to wash our face, brush our teeth, and get ready for another day. But as we glanced into the mirror that never lies, we suddenly said My god, I dont remember growing old. What happened to or dreams of the far-away places we wanted to explore, the famous people we wanted to meet, and the beaches on the sands of time, that we never got around to? I guess its all over now!
Well, not really! So far, you survived. And as Albert Einstein stated There is something about the now! go for it! Imagine what you can do next!
