............"I'll know what i think when i see what i say" -- graham wallas............
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just when i wanted to keep a memory of my 'pondering by chance', i found an avenue to share, if not view alone, what runs in my mind AS LIFE GOES ON.choose your battles
if my information is correct, included on the listing of 20 US top grossing films is the “spiderman” series, with all 3 releases making it to the ranks. the earnings total more than a billion dollars -- handsome amount that could mean freeing my country of birth from debt for a generation!
a spider can be a hero, alright..
there must be something about this character that engulfs us tremendously. is it the wanting to learn how to win our every battle? can being a spider guarantee high percentage in emerging victorious in life?
i believe that the most critical component of winning is being qualified to be an opponent in the first place; for how do you even expect to get a good chance if you’re way out of the league, right?
and so when we feel our abilities measure up, we call the shots. never mind analyzing what's in it for us. our convenient excuse is that, 'we are only humans'.
expectedly, we oftentimes allow the situation to get the better of us.
“you have a knack for getting in trouble.” says spiderman.
we plunge into the pit with eyes closed so people won’t say that we don’t have the guts. our pride tells us we can’t allow others to put one over us. we react almost instantly.
and then we hurt badly.
“revenge is like a poison that can take us over and before you know it, it can turn you into something ugly.” ~ aunt may
we always forget to choose our battles; as if we weren’t given a caveat on that nursery rhyme:
there are defeats that are just waiting to happen; heights that are not to be conquered. some are accessible, but not necessarily ours to climb.
we will know which ones are meaningful battles if only we choose to recognize our demons; if we pick the fights that will make us a better person, not the ones that will turn us to a peter parker in the jetblack suit.
it may be best if we wait for our hearts to heal awhile. it may be best to set aside our pride and retribution. it may be best to be less human.
then and only then should we wrestle the world, for we can be sure that a sound reason is on our side.
our favorite movie asks, " can a man confront the forces of darkness without giving in to them?"
we can begin the fight by remembering the words that uncle ben left us: “a man changes into the man he's gonna become for the rest of his life. be careful who you change into.”
there is more to war than simply winning. in courts, they refer to it as 'justice'. in daily life, we call it 'fairness'.
be a spider and choose your battles.
a s l i f e g o e s o n..
a spider can be a hero, alright..
there must be something about this character that engulfs us tremendously. is it the wanting to learn how to win our every battle? can being a spider guarantee high percentage in emerging victorious in life?
i believe that the most critical component of winning is being qualified to be an opponent in the first place; for how do you even expect to get a good chance if you’re way out of the league, right?
and so when we feel our abilities measure up, we call the shots. never mind analyzing what's in it for us. our convenient excuse is that, 'we are only humans'.
expectedly, we oftentimes allow the situation to get the better of us.
“you have a knack for getting in trouble.” says spiderman.
we plunge into the pit with eyes closed so people won’t say that we don’t have the guts. our pride tells us we can’t allow others to put one over us. we react almost instantly.
and then we hurt badly.
“revenge is like a poison that can take us over and before you know it, it can turn you into something ugly.” ~ aunt may
we always forget to choose our battles; as if we weren’t given a caveat on that nursery rhyme:
"the itsy, bitsy spider climbed up the water spout
down came the rain and washed the spider out”
there are defeats that are just waiting to happen; heights that are not to be conquered. some are accessible, but not necessarily ours to climb.
we will know which ones are meaningful battles if only we choose to recognize our demons; if we pick the fights that will make us a better person, not the ones that will turn us to a peter parker in the jetblack suit.
a spider waits until the sun has 'dried up all the rain'.
maybe we should take the cue..“out came the sun and dried up all the rain
so the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again."
it may be best if we wait for our hearts to heal awhile. it may be best to set aside our pride and retribution. it may be best to be less human.
then and only then should we wrestle the world, for we can be sure that a sound reason is on our side.
our favorite movie asks, " can a man confront the forces of darkness without giving in to them?"
we can begin the fight by remembering the words that uncle ben left us: “a man changes into the man he's gonna become for the rest of his life. be careful who you change into.”
there is more to war than simply winning. in courts, they refer to it as 'justice'. in daily life, we call it 'fairness'.
be a spider and choose your battles.
a s l i f e g o e s o n..
