Monday, May 25, 2009

so we just hold on.

There are people who live their whole lives according to expectations, their own or someone else's. They live according to a plan and they follow the path of least resistance, and things work out...until one day they don't. Someone gets hurt, a disaster happens and you're forced to realize what's really important. Those least resistance people are the ones most likely to fall apart, either that or they rise to the occasion and emerge changed.
Then, there are people who follow their passion and do what they want to do, whether it makes them successful, rich, famous, or nothing at all. They do what makes them happy and along with that, they live their lives.
These two types of people are equally well liked, and there is no real way to measure their success or their satisfaction. Some people live passionlessly, but are satisfied with the life they've achieved, and some people live with fire and passion but are never satisfied and never good enough for themselves.
I think they trick is striking a balance. It's hard.

Although, actually? That's kind of the trick to everything.

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