Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
Been doing some thinking lately about how you never appreciate the now (Carpe Diem) and that we always think that stuff is tough now and that the future will be better. Looking back on life, I look at my public school time and think about how much time I had and how much fun I had with friends. I think about high school and how even thought I didn’t like it much, I actually had it pretty easy. University (especially seeing that school is back in session this week) was highly underappreciated and I didn’t spend nearly enough time learning that and hence it seemed (when I was in it) the toughest thing ever to do in life. So, now we look at today, my work life is hard - lots of stress, lots of things to do in tight timelines and lots of things to grumble about. I can’t help but think that in 10 years from now I’ll look back fondly on that time and express how easy I had it (but never knew). That means to me, I really should be looking differently at my life now — I have a good job, work is crazy but it’s never really bad nor worth getting stressed over. I guess what I’m saying is that life is the challenge and that the negatives aren’t nearly as bad as we think they are.
1 comment September 6th, 2006