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Originally Posted by troopie
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.
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I apologize. I saw the first line and yawned
. My bad.
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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.
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I've noticed that. I've never talked about it because I assumed it was just me.
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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.
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Thirty years ago I asked a 70-year-old of my aquaintance "When am I going to stop feeling like a kid in a world full of grown-ups?"
He replied "I don't know. Ask me again in ten years."
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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?
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"Maybe if I..."
That's the worst thing we can do, and the more past I have the more I seem to dwell on it.
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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.
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Not lame at all, and definitely not too serious, at least not for me. While I'm sorry I missed your meaning the first time around, I'm also glad because it lead to you posting this.
Thanks!
