The Easy Way Out

Nothing is learned or earned by taking the easy way out.

This is another one of those quotes I have no one to attribute it to directly besides the friend who sent it to me.

Right now I'm a little sad. A friend of mine is working very, very hard to get what she wants from life. I am happy that she is happy. I am sad because I think I'm going to eventually lose all contact with her. I don't know this for sure but I just have an itchy feeling in the back of my brain about it. And she is learning and earning her way. I really do hope everything turns out to be what she really does want... hope her dreams become a reality.

However, many people I know do take the easy way out... including myself. I have. Though I think at this point I work pretty hard also to make my life into what I want it to be. And every day is another exercise in doing that. Or nearly every day. I was really, really lazy yesterday before coming into work.

Most days, however, are spent working my ass off in some form or another. Maintaining relationships, school, working alot, saving money, figuring out what I need for me, taking good care of my physical self. Still... I watch others I know... they hide from having to go the long way around. Whether it's by jumping into relationships too quickly and not cleaning out your baggage first or because they are afraid to find out what's it like to be alone (I read a really awesome comment about this in Cosmo yesterday: basically, women need some single time to find out what they want for themselves, this is incredibly important and I know exactly what that comment means.) Sometimes it's not going to school when it's become nearly necessary (unless you have a specific trade) or by simply not facing yourself. Facing oneself is, in my opinion, the hardest thing to do. And it takes work to be ok with yourself and to fix yourself. But many, many people would rather not. They'd rather walk blindly and avoid it.

So... I repeat... again... nothing is learned or earned by taking the easy way out.