“I wondered about the explorers who'd sailed their ships to
the end of the world. How terrified they must have been when they risked
falling over the edge; how amazed to discover, instead, places they had seen
only in their dreams.”
-
Jodi Picoult
It’s been a while since I've had anything to say. Normally, I’d feel the need to cook up an
excuse; something to the effect of me being extremely busy, or me being completely
wiped out from all of my commitments.
The truth of the matter is I've been lazy. The world around me (and all of us for that
matter) seems to move so quickly nowadays.
We rarely have time to do things that were once considered normal;
things such as reading (in any form) have proven to be either too boring or a
waste of time. Tweets are our new news
and anything longer than a Facebook status is considered to be a
dissertation. As cynical as this may
sound, I personally find it to be quite all right. Admittedly, I am quite the tweeter (@Perdurable
on Twitter for the curious types), but that doesn't completely sway my opinion
on this shift in interest.
Change is uncomfortable; yet, it is necessary. Accepting and recognizing change is one of
the few advantages this world gives us.
It enables us to step out of our comfort zone in an attempt to better
ourselves. Being able to change is only
half of the battle though; we have to learn how to accept failure and how to be
patient. You see, the reasons many of us
resist change is because we’re afraid to do something we’re not comfortable
with, we’re not patient enough to wait for the desired results, and we’re too
afraid to experience the failure. These fears
are emotionally driven…and unfortunately, our emotions tend to be the author of
this book we call our life. Generally
speaking, avoidance is a fool proof method for evading failure. I’m not condescending people who stick to
these habits; I’m just asking them…what do you really expect from this
life? If the greater things from life
happen to be what you want, you’ll need to take greater risks.
I’m not a perfect person and I've never aspired to be
one. I've experienced tons of failure
and shortcoming and, at times, I have let it completely defeat me. It’s in these tough times that people choose
to dig deep to find their source of energy and faith. Whether you utilize professional help or
religious guidance, patience is the fundamental trait. Patience and failure should essentially go hand
in hand. We have a tendency to experience
failure harshly because there is this inexplicable rush to life. We need things, and we need them now…and when
things go awry, we feel like all is lost.
As difficult as it is, we need to understand that falling short of
something doesn't mean “no”, it simply means “not right now.”
And for now, that’s OK.
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