Sunday, July 8, 2007

I want to resign

I am hereby officially tendering my resignation as an adult. I have
decided I would like to accept the responsibilities of an 8 year-old
again.

*I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four star
restaurant.

*I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk
with rocks.

*I want to think M&Ms are better than money because you can eat them.

*I want to lie under a big banyan tree and run a sugar cane juice stand with my
friends on a hot summer's day.

*I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew
were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that
didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and
you didn't care. All you knew was to be happy because you were
blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or
upset.

*I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good.

*I want to believe that anything is possible.

*I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly
excited by the little things again.

*I want to live simple again. I don't want my day to consist of
computer crashes, mountains of paperwork, depressing news, how to
survive more days in the month than there is money in the bank,
doctor bills, gossip, illness, and loss of loved ones.

*I want to believe in the power of smiles, hugs, a kind word, truth,
justice, peace, dreams, the imagination, mankind, and making angels
in the snow.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Desire To Excel

We are always seeking to excel in every situation, trying all the more hard each day to do something new, something exhilarating, something that breaks the norms, something that gives a kick in the head, something that you have always yearned for, something so close to your heart that you don't want to let it go, something that gets you instant fame, something that makes you feel important and sought after, something that your ego can feed on and feel satiated in the end. After all we are filled to the brim with energy and a desire to prove to others what we are made off, more than proving to ourselves.
Point is: Is the juice worth the squeeze? Your conscious will always guide you in answering this question. If the answer is YES, only then go for it.