Tripping on life

greed

I'll admit it, I'm scared. Yes, it's a fairly common procedure, more common than I had previously thought. But that doesn't make it any less personal, any less nerve racking.

"and when affliction touches man, he calls on Us, whether lying on his side or sitting or standing; but when We remove his affliction from him, he passes on as though he had never called on Us on account of an affliction that touched him;"

A reminder that with every pain that comes through, every bad memory formed over your lifetime, you have to remind yourself that you had gone through it. To never forget where you had come from, and the paths you chose that lead you where you stand now. People make the same mistakes over and over again. Not because they're stupid. But because they choose to forget the actions that they take have a consequence not beneficial to themselves, to others.

"...whoever is saved from the greediness of his soul, these it is that are the successful."

More often than not, you're forced to make a choice you were afraid to make yourself. Tony recently had "the conversation" with his manager. It helped open his eyes to say that he's not happy with where he is, and he was contemplating moving to DC for a long while, but was unsure of how to take that step.

I was given a similar option just a few weeks ago, but I'm afraid to make that move for myself. Mainly because I crave stability and continuity, maybe my past has a large influence on this I'm not sure.

posted by ilennovy @ 8:09 PM