"In my life, I have been beaten, kicked when I was down and trodden on. I have been humiliated, belittled and abused. I have suffered the slings and arrows of misfortune. Sometimes when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, it did. I have lost. I have failed. I have been driven to my knees. I have lost friends and I’ve been betrayed. I’ve shouted and cried and cursed and punched but I have never stayed down. I will keep on fighting. I will stand up, pull my shoulders up and face the world again and again. This is what makes me strong."- Pierre
It’s been a helluva week but it hasn’t been all bad. I imagine that one positive was a conversation I had with a very good friend regarding human nature and the human soul. The idea was that there is a set path for us in life, a predetermined course consisting of where we start and where we end and the bits in between. Now the bits between A and B are also predetermined but at the same time it’s not. Imagine an athlete running down a track. The path is predetermined, the starting point and endpoint is set. “The Secret” taught us to imagine the end, focus on the point where you cross the line, victory is yours and you get a car, a mansion and the girl/boy/both. “The secret” doesn’t however teach us why this works or more importantly what happens after you start and before you finish (Ok, it does but I’m not buying into the whole “universe is a secret fan of yours” theory). When you are busy sprinting to the end, with the goal in mind, your body automatically adjusts itself to achieve that goal.
“ A hole in the path? Power to calves, toes and buttocks. Ready? Prepare to jump. Allllihooop! Phew.”
The reason why the secret works is because we keep the goal in sight and adjust our current situation to steer into that direction. It’s not the universe giving out freebies because you asked. Work harder, eat healthier, smoke less, drink less, get up five minutes earlier, go to bed five minutes later, please your boss, please your friends,please your family, push push push. “The secret” also only focuses on the reward. It neglects to tell you about the stress and hard work that comes as part of the package. Like diet pills! They don’t mention the withdrawal symptoms (may include high blood pressure, asphyxiation, nausea, drooling, shouting and bad bad language)
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| I vent like a monster. With bone chilling fury and passion. |
Unfortunately I do this to the ones I love. This leaves me with terrible guilt and total ”feeling-like-an-arse-ia”. I am blessed in the sense that my friends and family are strong and magnificent people. Because of them I can be strong. To them I say: "Thank you".
