Real life is about creating your own relationship with God, not copying someone else’s.
Real life is taking responsibility for your own well being and the well being of those who rely on you.
Real life is having the courage to say that “Yeah, that’s not how I would do it but it works for him so I can respect it”.
Real life is about risking failure in the pursuit of “better”.
Real life is NOT one size fits all.
Real life does not come with a handbook that lays out all your decisions in a nice clean order ahead of time.
Real life is about the journey not a preconceived destination.
Real life is about action not endless preparation.
Real life is a poem not a blueprint.
Real life is not always getting what you want and being happy anyway.
Real life is what you create for yourself not what someone decides for you.
Real life is being you…regardless of the consequences.
Real life is knowing when it is necessary to fall in line and when it is necessary to stand up and be counted.
Real life is scary and can kick you in the tail.
Real life is about LIVING AND LEARNING!…such a shame that so many forfeit it without so much as a trial period (I’m pretty sure the kollel has some sort of return policy within 30 days)
Monday, March 03, 2008
Real Life
Things are a little busy at work these days, so while I have much I'd like to write about and comment on, that simply isn't going to happen at the moment. I very much enjoyed this comment, left by our esteemed contributor G at B4S, and decided to repost it.
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Excellent, G.
ReplyDeleteReal life is NOT one size fits all.
Real life does not come with a handbook that lays out all your decisions in a nice clean order ahead of time.
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone could figure that out?
Perhaps...Although the more I think about it lately the more there is a question as to who are the smart ones in all of this.
ReplyDeleteThink about it, who makes life more difficult for themselves than it could be?
Who muddies the waters more?
Who is genually more confident in their choices?...etc, etc, etc
Sometimes I wonder, really, who has this life figured out and who doesn't.
G - That's just ye old "ignorance is bliss".
ReplyDeleteOkay, let's play...
ReplyDeleteA)Says you. You call it ignorance, another may call it acceptance of mans limitations and undertaking of Gods will.
B)Who said I was talking about the far right? I could just as easily have been talking about the far left
B) Who said I was, O Projecting One!
ReplyDeleteA) Thought you might say that, which was my hesitation in posting. But that's just it - because we know the exceptions, can think of why it is NOT one size fits all, we are unable to do it and be happy.
B) Who said I was, O Projecting One!
ReplyDelete--I say you were...call me a liar.
A) Thought you might say that, which was my hesitation in posting. But that's just it - because we know the exceptions, can think of why it is NOT one size fits all, we are unable to do it and be happy.
Ah, ah, ah...you think you know the exceptions and hope that it is not one size fits all because you cannot do it another way and be happy.
--in case it isn't obvious, we've been over this before...ad nauseum
Lia - hehehehe. Actually didn't really have anyone in mind; more like anyone who classifies.
ReplyDeleteAnd no - I DO know the exceptions, so therefore it is NOT one size fits all. And the last part of your line didn't make sense.
And yes, we have. :)
I DO know the exceptions, so therefore it is NOT one size fits all.
ReplyDelete--Careful, sounds an awful lot like that which you decry.
And it makes perfect sense, since you cannot be happy living w/o your "known" exceptions and preconceieved reality of no "one size fits all", therefore it becomes "known" and "fact" to you.
--Careful, sounds an awful lot like that which you decry.
ReplyDeleteNo - I'm not saying it cannot work, I'm saying it cannot work for all. Therefore, forcing everyone to follow 'my' way makes no sense. But of course, balance is always key.
And it makes perfect sense, since you cannot be happy living w/o your "known" exceptions and preconceieved reality of no "one size fits all", therefore it becomes "known" and "fact" to you.
Not the same. I'm not advocating one way; just noting that there are many ways. There's a difference. One need not have a ready solution to a problem in order to decry the problem. :)
One need not have a ready solution to a problem in order to decry the problem.
ReplyDelete--true, just don't be surprised if people turn down volume on your crying.
i see why stubborn pointed me in this direction. these points are well made. most of them i sort of wish weren't true, particularly the uncertainty factor. there's something about not knowing what to do, not knowing if what you're doing is the right thing or the beginning of the end, and not getting to know till it's over that feels like a great model for hell.
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