The Observation Deck.

It's not easy being patient.

We all want it yesterday. 

ALL of it.

It's a common human foible. 

Doesn't work that way. 


Many of us think we could be doing so much more.

Should ALREADY have done more.

Should BE THERE by now.


That's a mirage; we are judging ourselves and our achievements against those of other humans beings.

No good can come of that.

Before we know it...we fall into a pit of depression from which we might never pull ourselves free.

Fuck that right now.


We are NOT the same.

We are each on our own journey. 

Forget what this one or that one did...

so well, and so bloody quickly....

Stop it right now.
 

You don't know what their lives are really like.

And in any case...they are not YOU.


Success is about plugging away at those things that fan the flames of your passion.

Doing what you would want to be doing if you died today.

And having faith that this choice- or set of choices-

is the RIGHT path for you.

Even though it might not seem to be getting you anywhere...

You must BELEIVE it will one day all come together.

Some random event, chance meeting, cosmic roll of the dice...

& it will ALL make sense. 

The trick is hanging in there.

Tricks?

Or tricks of the mind?

How the hell do I know?

I'm in the same boat as you.

I'm rolling the dice...

Betting on the long shot that is who I truly who I am.

It's the only game I can bear to play in this silly business we call 'life'.

See...

even if it all never quite jells...(for some of us die too soon, or never break through for whatever reason...)

It is about learning to revel in your time.

To get to where the struggle...

The journey...

Feels like the 'destination'.


'Making it'.


For then...no matter what...

You will have finally done it.