Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Get. Over. It.

The only thing that doesn't change in this world is the fact that things change. I'm sure all of us have this fantasyland we all love to escape to and dread the day it collapses. It's human nature to look back when it does. It's normal to feel hurt when our comfort zone is compromised. When we lose something or someone, we feel a part of us is lost. We end up in denial about it and try to solace ourselves by trying to hold tighter to what ever is left. There's no point to keeping something when it cannot provide anything for you. There comes a time where that one swift kick in the ass brings you back to reality and you realize its time to walk away. Dreams are meant to either come true...or die. It doesn't die on its own; reality kills it sometimes. If it dies, we have to let go. Even if we work so hard for a goal that ends up becoming unreachable, it's pointless to move on if it only hurts us. It’s normal to be a hypocrite and sometimes we don't even know when we contradict our own selves.

A friend was telling me, "Why did I do all that stuff before? And for NOTHING!" The thing is: before the situation, things were different. We know some things while not knowing others. Basically the circumstances were different before and obviously would have an impact (or even lack of an impact) in the decision making process. Like in the movie Better Luck Tomorrow, Stephanie said, "We make a decision that leads to another decision and eventually we look back and wonder why we made that choice in the first place." We should let it all run its course. It wasn't all for nothing. Did we not learn anything? Are we not better people after all was said and done? Did it not bring us happiness when all else failed? There's no use for a pretentious source of happiness. Reality is a much harder pill to swallow, but at least it keeps us in check...

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