Do you ever look at people you used to know and wonder about them and compare yourself to them?
Recently due to the magic of internet, I have been coming into contact with a lot of people I used to know, back in Wisconsin. And I see where we all were, back together in roughly the same place in Wisconsin, and I see where we all are now - an owner of his own company, a project manager of a national organization, actors in New York, a dentist, a world travelling manager of a dance company, a mother of 2 kids...
And I wonder about all of us. I see all of us in such difference places, and I wonder how we got where we are, and where we could have been had we done things differently, and all that stuff.
It's a bit sobering, to see how much some people have made of their lives in such a short time. I mean, I know we should all measure success differently, and we all have different goals and dreams and ideals. I know all that, but it still makes me wonder. Even though I know I shouldn't, I still in some ways compare where I am now with where they all are now.
This isn't a cry for pity or anything, it's just a random train of thought I wanted to share.
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The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
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2 comments:
I think we have all been there at some point. Life is funny that way.
I think we all sort of float on the river of life and some of us get snagged on branches now and again, or hit the bottom and rot for a bit, or get rushed out into the 'fast lane' or spend our lives in brooks and steams contentedly floating.
Life is a series of infinite choices and changing just one might have led us down an completely different path. I know what you mean, I think we have all wondered and compared and pondered.
I've often done the same, and when I begin to feel like I haven't achieved as much as I should have by this point I remind myself of a few important things. My path is different from that of every other being that has ever lived, and I like to think I've done pretty well with it. In fact I think we all have. Hate to sound cliche, but life to me really is a journey and if the focus is always on the end point, you miss the vast majority of it. Sure we all went to college for the purpose of getting a degree, but we certainly had some great times along the way. I see all of life as being like that. This post wasn't designed to cheer up or motivate, its just a presentation of another view point.
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