25.2.10

what i've learned in the past 12 months

someone just made a comment on an old post and it was only then that i realized it's been a full year. wow. time flies.

i guess that's the first thing i've learned... time is going to move with or without me. guess it's better to pack a lunch and go along for the ride. wouldn't that be awful to look back after 12 months and realize that you were in exactly the same spot as you were last year. very sad.

in more recent months the thing that i've learned is to shake off preconceived notions. to make my own templates and forget looking back. for sure my life will work best if i tailor make it. wouldn't i buy custom - well... everything if i could afford it? then why would i try and have a life that i got off the rack. that's just silly. it's the one thing that i can make mine-all-mine/100% original. no more comparison living for me. i'm blazing my own trail.

i suppose i've been doing that all along, but there's always a part of us (because we're human and fallible and all) that wants to make sure that it looks 'right'. but really, what is right? isn't right the way that works best for me? and wouldn't it require custom tweaks if i want to include other people to live in my life and enjoy their own version of 'right'?

i kind of like the direction my life is taking. that's a good thing. after all, it's been a year. motion is positive - if not always pleasant.