I don't know whether to feel admiration or irritation towards these people who appear to be absurdly sure about their place in this world. And by place, I mean knowing what the heck you're supposed to be doing on this vast space of land we call earth. Something you feel like you were born to do. Something to be passionate about.
And maybe I'm undecided because I'm thorn between jealousy and admiration. Or cynicism.
I hear artists saying passionately' I believe we were born to make music'.
Dancers saying ' Some people walk through life, some people run ... and some people dance ' ( like that's supposed to make sense).
I've never heard actors saying some people were born to imitate life, because that's kind of insulting.
Maybe that's what it is with me.
I feel like I haven't found a single thing I feel really strongly about because I feel strongly about lots of things. I think we weren't born to make music. I think we were born making it already. Crying is either a noise or a melody, depending on your perspective. None of us talk in monotone, and even if we did, it's still a note.
And I don't feel like you need to know how to dance to be able to dance through life. Because you're already, unknowingly, moving to the rhythms of nature, of your surroundings.
And maybe these people are just really good bullshitters.
Because if I have to believe we were put here for a reason, I'll say I believe we were put here to have a good time. To at least try to have it. To experience it, to grow.
Because no matter how much you love doing something, I believe it to be impossible to be sure about it all along.
I love acting. But I wouldn't die not being on stage.
I love playing piano but I'd still be breathing if all my fingers fell off.
I mean... life would go on right..?
Or maybe it wouldn't. Maybe a piece of you would die when the things you love doing become an impossibility. Maybe that's what being passionate about something is.
Maybe all you have to do to find your place here is ask.
Ask yourself, your friends, anyone with an ear to lend.
Some would call this a process' By Elimination'.
What would you not live without?
What makes your heart beat faster?
Is it possible to believe that you were sent here for one reason?
And do you need to know all this to know how to become who you really are?
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I know how you feel about this. How is a person to do only one thing in life when there is an entire world of possibilities out there. I think that it would be great go out and just experience everything. My ideal career would be adventurer but then again that doesnt pay. I think too often we compromise and get stuck doing things that wouldnt be our first choice because it is the choice that is available. It all works out in the end I believe though or at least I hope so :P
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