first post of 2012! exciting stuff... new years resolution? mine is to get into Brock U, and still have time to make the school soccer team. but today, im expanding on new years resolutions in a number of different ways, you will see as you read.
so first off, what are your resolutions? first time ive asked something like this, but feel free to comment and let me know! maybe i can help you achieve it, maybe i can talk about it in a blog post, or maybe it will give me ideas for a poem or something..
but what im talking about today is, first off, people who make resolutions and instantly break them, or very quickly break them. why would you pick something that was clearly so unobtainable? for me, i know i can get into Brock, i just need to keep up my hard work at school, and the soccer team is a bit of a stretch, but i think i can still do it. im talking about people who say, im never smoking again after this day, or im never drinking, doing drugs ect. it doesn't work like that people, these goals are so big and general that they are nearly impossible to complete. completing these goals requires a plan, and it takes a long, long time. of course the reward is big afterwards, but the process makes it almost unbearable. this process also applies to people who make promises or take on tasks to big for them to complete. you need to know your barriers, your values, your abilities, and in the end, you need to be comfortable with who you are, understand who you are, and be strong in what you believe in (not necessarily religion, but i guess that applies as well). for example, if someone walks up to me and says, tony you need to get pregnant (LOL) i know that, that is just not happening for clear reasons. now thats a very dramatic example but the context still applies in the end. another example, if someone tells me that Linkin Park sucks and that they have no talent, i will argue back because i am strong in what i believe in, my values, and for the most part, im comfortable with myself. i do not give a ********** if someone think otherwise, i like what i like, and they are just going to have to deal with it. this example applies to the same values and system i explained earlier but in different context. these values and being comfortable with yourself basically says how happy you are going to be in life. a guy could have little to nothing, but still be happy. and a millionaire can be depressed, you all know the drill. if that guy with little to nothing takes what he has and makes the best of it, why shouldn't he be happy? im getting way of context here, but its coming down to being reasonable with your resolutions and promises and being comfortable with yourself.
now, to move on to something a little more depressing, but it still has the same idea as a new years resolution. I strongly believe in this... Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. think about it, hope sets you up for the possibility for failure. never play with hope, always go with instinct and a sure thing, settle for nothing less than the best, be the best you can be. people who hope to accomplish some of these resolutions are naive, for example, i know a guy who said he has like 40 new years resolutions and actually named each and every one off for me, many of them being so broad and general. im thinking to myself, dude, your setting yourself up for failure, for disappointment, this is false hope at its finest. anyone can get lucky, but the lucky can't get everything. hope, also sets up the possibility of success, but also the possibility of failure, you can't get one without the other in some way.. this is my thinking
hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.
So that's it for today, i thought of another topic while typing this up actually, but thats for another blog
i would just like to thank every single person who even glanced at my blog, trolled my blog, hated my blog, commented on the blog, liked my blog, and anything else in between. all of you really make me want to keep on posting more and more of these, its a joy to write these now. im doing this blog for me, but its nice to know that i can do it for others as well, so a sincere thank you from me :)
the song of the day is by Linkin Park( again, sorry they are just the best thing ever in my eyes), and, well, its not even really a song, its a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. and its been beautifully, if not masterfully portrayed in this compilation by Linkin Park... its incredibly moving to me, and i hope to you as well. The song is off their album A Thousand Suns, and is called Wisdom, Justice, and Love. the way King's voice becomes more and more robotic and emotionless and ruthless as the song moves onward is masterfully done, and the concept behind it is beautiful. i hope you all understand it. This speech by Martin Luther is about how we as human beings are becoming more and more ruthless towards each other. As the song progresses onwards, King's voice becomes increasingly more emotionless and robotic just like we humans are becoming so emotionless to the point that we can do such horrible things, as mentioned in the speech, to each other.
Linkin Park: "Wisdom, Justice and Love" off their album A Thousand Suns
another day, another year... its incredible to think that this year im graduating highschool, and going to university and moving out... i feel like i have been ready for years but now that its finally here... i really regret not doing everything i could in life so far. The King of Regret, i have become
a very happy new year to you all
Peace out Sucka's!
Ciao
