Haven't done this in a bit. Guess I'll go ahead and switch the style up for a minute......
You take your first breath on the day you were born. That doesn't mean that's when your life begins. That happens when your first breath is taken away. Sometimes going through the motions becomes such a brilliant fallacy that existing complacent becomes the ideal. Likely remaining in this type of situation will allow for a life of mediocrity, pseudo happiness perpetuated by the acceptance given as you've finally conceded to taking the road more traveled. Just because that's the route which supposedly leads you to your destination, doesn't mean that destination is home. I can't tell you how many times I have allowed myself to rely on the Garmin only to drive aimlessly on roads that don't exist because of software updates that never happened. I end up finding my way. Nothing will ever update the software of the life map. Find your own fucking way. How easy it must be to embrace the puppet in you, allowing others to pull the strings. Find. Your own. Fucking way. Maps are fantastic. GPS has saved me more time, miles and gas than I can calculate. I am always lost. Fantastic advances in navigation; however, if your destination wasn't recognized in the GPS or didn't show up on a map, would you just give up and not go there? If your answer is yes, either keep that quiet or please extract yourself from my life ;-) find your own fucking way. There are people and events and experiences that will help facilitate the mapping of your life, but ultimately it's you who has to take the wheel and follow the path laid out for you. Stay on it for a while, because odds are it's what's best initially. And you don't know any better. But eventually, find your own fucking way. I did. I'm grateful for the foundation that was laid for me, because of the momentum, but I'm so happy that I decided to recalculate the route as now it seems my destination is abundantly clear.
College football seems to inspire a stream of conscious, huh? I'll lighten up next time. I'm thinkin' either the upcoming election or the ongoing question of starburst vs. Swedish fish? (don't think I've actually ever heard this, but seriously, which one?).
