" We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off." -Fight Club
This keeps ringing in my ears.
I guess that's because I was thinking today how I'm not smart enough to probably ever come up with a publishable piece of mathematics. At what point do you realize that your dreams won't come true? And what are you suppose to do after that?
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You're a dork! I know you're smart enough to do anything you want... I only have smart friends! :-)
Don't give up on your dreams!
All it takes is one moment of inspiration to acheive greatness.
Row row row yourboat, gently down the stream, merily merily merily merily
Life is but a dream.
yeah, I too have the fight club mentality of "you are not a beautiful and unique snowflake", along with other great truths so spoken by fiction character Tyler Durden.
How many of you people wanted to be a fireman when you grew up? Are you? How many not-ballerinas out there? Not spacemen?
my philosophy use to be "You never know what's going to happen until it does, and only then you can say that it did." after a lifetime of plateau-ing at mediocre at best, my views on life/the world have since changed, and I now say: "Live until you die. And until then, try not to screw things up too badly." (though I'm only 29 years old, by some considered "hardly a life time". I have my reasons and [non]motivations)
I am not an inspiring person. I am not meant for great things. Because it's not good enough for me that I tried. in the words of trent reznor, "I will let you down, I will make you hurt."
"At what point do you realize. . .", you ask? Mine was when I "woke up" and learned that I've only been fooling myself into thinking that I could be special. --when I saw that I had been the only person on the dance floor for quite some time, and that everyone else was just staring, pointing, laughing, and making rude comments to each other. when I had a chance to look back at all the things I've tried and devoted much time, energy, effort, will, money, interest, --exhausting all of which in any field of any skill and talent, only to be outdone by youtube amateurs, "damn kids", fellow no-names, and seeing lesser skilled/talented posers claim their rise to so-called "fame" and "fortune". --not that I was ever in it for the fame or fortune, maybe once when I was "young and dumb", the age when you want to grow up to be a doctor, because doctors are rich.
it's great that I can do a little bit of anything and everything just about. but it's so discouraging to know that I can only do a little bit of anything and everything just about.
". . .what are you suppose to do after that?"... it all depends on the person, I guess. if you think you can move on and succeed elsewhere, I support, appreciate and admire that. if it's enough for you to say "at least I tried, maybe if I try harder", then great for you. I only wish for the best. Me, I've decided to lay low and stop trying to leave my mark on the world. --but it really isn't about me at all, is it? I'm only answering in more detail than most care to read, your questions.
and before anybody else has anything to say about me or what I've had to say: I do not know, nor do I identify with you (he/she of whom may have something to say about me). I can hold zero value in your sympathy, empathy, words of wisdom, advice, feedback, etc. (though I am curious).
I think Barack Obama said it best:
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
Do you have copy writer for so good articles? If so please give me contacts, because this really rocks! :)
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