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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Thanks for all the replies, and pretty much all of them were witty, and contained some truth, but all are stock replies you can find anywhere online. I was looking more for actual observations on life's oddities and absurdities.
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Originally Posted by troopie
I find life's a bit like riding a bike; if you focus too much on that pothole/tree/patch of sand you're trying to avoid, you can guarantee you'll hit it!
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Funnily enough, I didn't post this as a throw-away line (not that you could've known) and I certainly didn't google it. In fact, although it's no doubt been thought before, I've never heard anyone else make the comparison. I posted it because It's something I've been dweling on a lot lately.
When I was a kid someone was showing me how to ride a motorbike and he warned me not to stare at an object you are trying to avoid, as you will automatically steer towards it, better to to focus on the path around it.
Well, ~ ten or so years ago I found myself discontent with where my life was heading, I kept meeting older people in the same situation as I was in then, and they seemed destined to die with sad lonely lives. So I found some resolve and decided to knuckle down and 'get somewhere in life', I guess, by keeping mindful of where I didn't want to end up.
Well ten years later I'm crashing and burning in a big way and I can't help but think back to that fellers advice and think, maybe I shoulda taken that on board a little more! I mean hindsight's great 'n' all, but maybe if I focused more on what I had around me, I would've ended up at the right place anyway?
Sorry if this is a bit lame or too serious but I just wanted to explain my quote! And who knows, maybe someone might get something out of it.