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There is Always Hope
9 years ago
Putting something else up for my journal since the subject of the last one is very depressing. I am still very afraid, if not for myself but for a lot of my friends for what the trainwreck of the last Election (or Brexit for that matter for any of my UK friends) may bring. History repeats itself, mankind tends to "forget" important lessons as a whole.
But not everyone is a sheep, there are still some good people out there. Those are whom make life worth living and gives us Hope to press on. It gives us something to cherish, and something to Protect when called upon.
I tend to be the glass half empty sort of person. I always see the worst possible outcome to a situation first. I'm terrified at how horrible the Worst Case Scenarios of the November US election are because they are pretty damn Ugly.
Over the last few weeks I've realized I can't dwell on these Doomsday scenarios. Even if they COULD happen, I need to live my life as I have been until something comes to directly threaten myself or my friends. I am not a freedom fighter, as much as I romanticize it. I have far too many people I hold dear to risk my life unless in doing so is protecting them. And that day may come...
But for right now, I have to live for the present. Not for the potential Neo-Nuclear Apocalypse or Civil War torn battlefield which have not happened yet. I am not a time traveler, I can not forecast what will happen in the future nor can I prevent said events from happening even if I did. There are so many possible outcomes to anything. A miracle can still happen.
Some good has come out of the last year and I need to focus on THIS to keep me going. I've made new friends, which is hard to do as an adult; for every friendship I've strained this year I have made up with or made a new friend for easily 2 or 3 to 1.
It looks like I may have a happy ending to the year relationship wise, and this is something I can't take for granted. Infact it should be something taken to heart for the rest of the crazyiness that is going on in this world right now.
I was ready to give up; I had my heart tore out three times in one year, which is a lot to bear. I was ready to give up on being in any kind of relationship for several years when she found me. It hasn't been long enough to really know where it will go... but I found someone who likes me for me. I'm not going to look a gifthorse in the mouth nor repeat the same mistakes I've made before. Second chances are nothing to be taken lightly.
And maybe that's what all of us need to focus on right now. There is always Hope. Second Chances can happen no matter how hard you failed at something and how much you messed up; whether its on a personal level or as a Nation as a whole. Its just a matter of knowing when they appear and not taking them for granted and letting them slip by.
I do hope that we are all given a second chance, because that is what is keeping me going right now.
But I can't dwell on decisions that were made for me. I have my own life to live. I have a Convention that needs me as Staff in Two weeks, in a position new to me. I need to step up my game and not sulk in a corner mumbling about how the world is going to end; because that will let a lot of people down.
I may not make life or death decisions, but I still may make a decision which will inspire someone to smile and have a reason for fighting the good fight and not crawling into a corner or a bottle and giving up. And maybe this is just as important....
But not everyone is a sheep, there are still some good people out there. Those are whom make life worth living and gives us Hope to press on. It gives us something to cherish, and something to Protect when called upon.
I tend to be the glass half empty sort of person. I always see the worst possible outcome to a situation first. I'm terrified at how horrible the Worst Case Scenarios of the November US election are because they are pretty damn Ugly.
Over the last few weeks I've realized I can't dwell on these Doomsday scenarios. Even if they COULD happen, I need to live my life as I have been until something comes to directly threaten myself or my friends. I am not a freedom fighter, as much as I romanticize it. I have far too many people I hold dear to risk my life unless in doing so is protecting them. And that day may come...
But for right now, I have to live for the present. Not for the potential Neo-Nuclear Apocalypse or Civil War torn battlefield which have not happened yet. I am not a time traveler, I can not forecast what will happen in the future nor can I prevent said events from happening even if I did. There are so many possible outcomes to anything. A miracle can still happen.
Some good has come out of the last year and I need to focus on THIS to keep me going. I've made new friends, which is hard to do as an adult; for every friendship I've strained this year I have made up with or made a new friend for easily 2 or 3 to 1.
It looks like I may have a happy ending to the year relationship wise, and this is something I can't take for granted. Infact it should be something taken to heart for the rest of the crazyiness that is going on in this world right now.
I was ready to give up; I had my heart tore out three times in one year, which is a lot to bear. I was ready to give up on being in any kind of relationship for several years when she found me. It hasn't been long enough to really know where it will go... but I found someone who likes me for me. I'm not going to look a gifthorse in the mouth nor repeat the same mistakes I've made before. Second chances are nothing to be taken lightly.
And maybe that's what all of us need to focus on right now. There is always Hope. Second Chances can happen no matter how hard you failed at something and how much you messed up; whether its on a personal level or as a Nation as a whole. Its just a matter of knowing when they appear and not taking them for granted and letting them slip by.
I do hope that we are all given a second chance, because that is what is keeping me going right now.
But I can't dwell on decisions that were made for me. I have my own life to live. I have a Convention that needs me as Staff in Two weeks, in a position new to me. I need to step up my game and not sulk in a corner mumbling about how the world is going to end; because that will let a lot of people down.
I may not make life or death decisions, but I still may make a decision which will inspire someone to smile and have a reason for fighting the good fight and not crawling into a corner or a bottle and giving up. And maybe this is just as important....
