Saturday, December 31, 2011

so long 2011

It has been a bit of a funny week.  Made yet a few more contacts.  It is always nice when you actually have a little time to read and do some things you have wanted to get to for a while. 

This past week has been a touch unusual in that I was able to do a few things, not strictly out of necessity.  I even managed to make a trip to the library (rare than I would like lately) and breakout some microfiche.  However the efforts were rewarded with some things from the past, which I was hoping to be able to find.  They have already served as a bit of motivation to actually get some long-overdue personal work done.  The kind of things that you want to wake up for in the morning.

Of course, breaking out to a local game and having your team come from behind in the 3rd Period to win a clincher by 1, makes the taste of victory that much sweeter!

The year closes today, in some places has already closed.  It is worth reflecting on the past and recommitting to stare down the coming future.  As is often phrased in football discussing defenses "...pin their ears and just flat out go after it..."  That will be my 2012.

Tomorrow is today.  It is not the time to wait.  I once heard the saying "Today is a great day to die" and that is an excellent starting point.  This of course does require a touch of explaining, as the true meaning is a much deeper philosophical perspective rather than being a literal sort of death wish.

In my personal interpretation, it means a person should pursue their dream(s) - by living 'in the moment' without submitting to fear, a person frees themselves of those pesky self imposed psychological hurdles.  If you refuse to fear success, you live to win, instead of what many and myself are often so guilty of playing to not lose!  If you live, to live, you get to experience life.  I have often said and completely believe that living life is the hardest thing any person will ever do.

If I never taste bitter defeat, how will I ever appreciate triumph? I think it is only possible to realize the sweetness of triumph when it is combined with its nemesis, defeat.  Once the two experiences have become part of the same life for us, only then can we fully appreciate triumph.  Knowing the incredible work and determination that is required to accomplish something great, then you become prepared to first dream great accomplishments, second to accomplish those great things.  Just because no one has done it yet DOES NOT mean it cannot be done.  I do not accept that, I never have, and I refuse to surrender to such narrow perspectives of the world that reinforce such a false reality.  It is not my reality.

Thus the equation makes the statement ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE or NO LIMITS true.

To that end, comes 2012.