Crashing and burning

Another thought out of my stream of ponderings. Fight or flight. Have you ever wondered what would you do in a certain situation when it really comes right down to it. I'm fascinated with the thought of failing at things and what people do afterwards. It's like a fork on the road where nothing happens. They think "Is it time to buckle up and go on another ride or this is it... I'm done." 

On one road it's completely depressing. You failed. It's over. You'll look back at this moment as either a mistake or something that you thought you didn't have what it takes. You'll be broken and not be the same hopeful self.

On the other road you shrug off the mess of this attempt and you think of the next trial. You think positive, and its contagious. You keep your hope alive. 

Both roads have their debates. But it depends on the person how much they're worth. But really when it comes to dreams it is always good to shoot for the stars. You'll regret it if you don't try. Martin Luther king never saw his dream come true, but does that mean he was unsuccessful in his attempt? Thomas Edison made numerous attempts at the making of the light bulb only to fail completely time after time. If he didn't fail would he understand the dynamics of containing light in a bulb? Disney was told he had no imagination when he was starting out, would we have a Disney empire if he listened to them? My belief is choose your dreams no matter how high, then set yourself to follow them through.

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Do we need heroes to look up to?

 

I never had a thing for looking up to heroes. I knew if I had one then there is always an opportunity for them to fail. Lance Armstrong is a stupendous example. I keep looking at interviews from him that all he does is practice more than the next guy. Now he admits to doping before races and he will be in history as the Tour de France liar. Total let down to everyone that believed he won the Tour de France 7 times in a row on his own.

This is probably coming from someone that has Daddy issues but I really do feel looking up to people is worth it for certain things. Not everything. Certain aspects to them are worth trying to go after. Like being massively productive and getting everything done which I try my hardest to do. I admire people that can get things done with little resources and have the raw drive to get themselves to their goal. Steve jobs was that way as well as Steve Wozniak and that's why their the tech idols of today.

How I live is I nit pick which skills to go after and I relentlessly go after them with a fierce focus. I take the hero element out of the equation since even when they do fall it won't matter and I won't drop the skill because the person didn't mean much to me rather than the skill(s). Some people drop everything about the hero even with their well attained skill since that skill represents something from that perceived hero has. That skill is an attachment to what he represents. We just throw it all away, anything that comes from them. Like we're disgusted of what we discovered and have to throw away everything that represents them. In my experience it's better to take out the human element out of it altogether. I'm not saying that this is the right approach as some people do need a superman in their life in one way or another but it is something that helped me in my way of life.

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