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Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Drawing Lines

One of the biggest things I’m grateful for is that whenever I’m feeling like the world is against me (which isn’t THAT often), someone tells me to pull my head out and stop being so self-centered. But in a nice way. This time it was Jose (and I hope he doesn’t mind me sharing). Maybe this will do you some good, too:

Whenever I feel down or defeated for whatever reason, I try to understand the insignificance of my existence and my so called problems. In reality, they are all transient no matter how terrible they seem.

Life cannot be of eternal joy or eternal suffering. Even in the happiest days a sad thought might appear in our minds. Even in the darkest times joy may show its face; both joy and sorrow need each other. Otherwise we would not be able to have specific feelings towards either of them.

If I draw a line, I cannot say it is small or big unless I draw one next to it. The same goes for the qualities of colors, textures, shapes and forms. This is the way I see life, I compare my worries to those of yesterday and I understand that today I have it easy. …

Draw lines from the past next to your current ones and you might find today’s quite small.

Posted by Aaron on May 25, 2005 9:06 PM