i wanna live in a timeless time
i wanna scream and be happy after
that's all I'd hope to find
i don't mind losing moments
but i do mind losing time
each second that we cant rewind
takes away all peace of mind
don;t tell me not to look too far
to hide what came between
the fate that lies is too bizarre
it's already all been seen
I don't mind passing failures
mistakes the motions of regret
as i lie here in a cold sweat
it's just so hard to forget
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Today's Tomorrow
At what point does our life become less of something that we can live and more of something we must simply live through? At what point does our life seem so complicate that our only goal is to uncomplicated it? At what point does our life become so focused on survival that our final accomplishment will be to simply say that we survived?
I Sometimes I have moments of utter captivation as I think about where I am going and if I ever get there, will I realize it? Will I notice it? By that point, will I even care? We are always told that we must live each day as though tomorrow we would believing no more but what I find so sad is that every day we are only thinking about what we can accomplish tomorrow. We live each day with our eyes focused on what will come next… focused on what is ahead… and focused not on what we achieved or what we are achieving... but rather, what we CAN achieve.
If I died right now, right this second… the only thing to be said would be that I had a good head on my shoulders... I had focus, I had direction… but where does direction take us in the course of our lives? The only thing that direction does is lead us toward an endless goals of things we may never accomplish… and even those short term goals are only ones set out to keep us in that direction toward our future... which again, might be one we may never achieve.
I’m not saying to throw things aside and forget all of your future plans. I’m not saying to throw away your future and to focus on temporary pleasure and excitement… but how terrible would it be to enjoy the life that we are trying to create for ourselves. Because even when we finally have what we want at what point do we stop wanting more? Why cant I want what is here? Why can’t I want today?
I Sometimes I have moments of utter captivation as I think about where I am going and if I ever get there, will I realize it? Will I notice it? By that point, will I even care? We are always told that we must live each day as though tomorrow we would believing no more but what I find so sad is that every day we are only thinking about what we can accomplish tomorrow. We live each day with our eyes focused on what will come next… focused on what is ahead… and focused not on what we achieved or what we are achieving... but rather, what we CAN achieve.
If I died right now, right this second… the only thing to be said would be that I had a good head on my shoulders... I had focus, I had direction… but where does direction take us in the course of our lives? The only thing that direction does is lead us toward an endless goals of things we may never accomplish… and even those short term goals are only ones set out to keep us in that direction toward our future... which again, might be one we may never achieve.
I’m not saying to throw things aside and forget all of your future plans. I’m not saying to throw away your future and to focus on temporary pleasure and excitement… but how terrible would it be to enjoy the life that we are trying to create for ourselves. Because even when we finally have what we want at what point do we stop wanting more? Why cant I want what is here? Why can’t I want today?
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