chuckles.
Let’s do some serious myth busting: Get good grades in college, find partner, get married, have 2.3 kids, buy the house, travel to DisneyLand, get stiff in the joints, live off measly retirement money and finally the upper room. Life Happily ever after on auto-pilot. Oh Really tho?
GT Philosophy: Wanna make the Universe Laugh? Make plans.
If you haven’t noticed already GT likes to color outside of the lines. The truth is that life is no horizontal timeline and that you can’t have fixed ideas on what you expect for your life. It almost always never pans out the way you think it should.
And Lemme elaborate fixed. Fixed meaning rigid and being unable to color outside of the lines. It’s the belief that “Your Life is So Over!” cause that dream never materialized.
In this thing called life you can’t manufacture bliss. That thing that makes us feel joy no matter how little or too much we may have. Our job is to pay attention to our gifts; and use them. It’s when we measure and compare our gifts that we lose sight of our possibilities.
GT is not irresponsible so don’t walk around telling everyone that some chick in cyberspace said that all I have to do is lay on my ass all day BE. What I’m saying is simply to follow your heart. It’s the place where bliss lives.
Raise your hand. How has your life turned out different from what you expected? Do you have time for passion, joy, and bliss?
Posted by gt on August 20, 2008
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Simone — August 20, 2008 @ 12:50 pm
You know GT, this hits close to home. I’m the person that has spent years trying to fit a circle into a square. I have tried to force myself to live that life you mentioned in the 1st paragraph.
I tricked myself into believing that my life should take the more “traditional” route and I spent years in misery. The house, the car, the kids have never been my thing and I knew it when I was in my 20′s.
I just thought that since it was “expected”, that’s what I should do. In the past 5 years, I’ve just become comfortable with being me. I’m a restless soul that loves to travel, see the world and stay in motion.
All the “plans” never came through. I am not a mother, homeowner or wife and I’m ok with that. Would I like to find and have a good man in my life? Yes. However, life is beautiful and I am blessed in so many ways I can’t even fathom.
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GT — August 20, 2008 @ 9:17 pm
Simone.
Who wasn’t that person? I think everyone experiences that gut feeling of what they want versus life conditioning. There have been times when I would be deathly frozen because I would be afraid of not living up to others expectations of me.
My life has totally turned out different from what I’ve expected.
And to tell you the truth I didn’t expect much. I didn’t come from a stable family. We moved around a lot, and my mother had five girls. Count em. 12345! And was a single parent to boot!
I’m not into organized religion; but God is real. It’s why I’m here sharing my love of writing and living quality with others.
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Simone — August 21, 2008 @ 12:20 am
You ain’t never lied GT. God is real. No doubt.
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InstantVintage — August 22, 2008 @ 3:39 am
My plans have managed to ruin my sense of self. No more of that for me. I’m perfectly happy being the free spirit I am without having to live up to someone else’s expectations. Word.
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