This whole concept of the future is daunting. So we have ways of thinking about it such that we can focus on it without become overwhelmed by it. And that's all well and good but there are two (not one, but TWO!!) mainstream schools of thought:
- that everything happens for a reason and if it is meant to happen it will.
- you make your future into what it is by what you do today and the way in which you do it.
How the heck am I supposed to do this whole moving forward things if I don't know how it works. Am I supposed to trust that life will throw things at me for a reason and embrace it knowing that the good times will roll when the stars align? Or am I supposed to take the bull by the horns and picture my future the way I want it and POWER towards it in any way possible? I wish I had an answer.
My usual shtick is to pose the question or obstacle that I most recently encountered and walk through the options until I land on something that makes sense. However, I dont know what makes sense here; you can't control what life throws at you, only how you react to it but there is also something to be said to be working hard to achieve your goals the way you have set them for yourself.
I guess the best I can do is to realize that at the end of the day these two ways of thinking about this whole life thing is because it really is too difficult to think about as a whole. There are some times where you have to bite the bullet and accept that life is taking a shot at you and there are some times where you get to look back at life and tell it to get over itself because you are doing what you want and you'll deal with it later.
At the end of the day, it's a little of both. yYur life is just like any other individual you will encounter; sometimes they win, sometimes you win, but either way the experience is something that will become part of who you are. We'll just figure it out as we go and just M-A-Y-B-E have a little fun along the way!
Ever think of it as a combo of both?
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