Not all thoughts to be pondered are upbeat... here's one that's been on my mind for a while.
When I was young, the lesson I picked up was "know your limits." As I got older, that lesson became "push your limits," which is understandable since you can't progress without going beyond that which you can already do. What bothers me, however, is that people seem to have forgotten that sometimes, just occasionally, there are limits that do not need to be pushed.
What's even more annoying is that people don't seem to understand that distinction. I would not say I'm particularly a stick-in-the-mud, and if something is pointed out to me, I will give it due consideration before saying yea or nay to trying it. Therefore, if I say no thank you, I'll pass, there's probably a darn good reason for it, and leave me alone. I will try new foods/ drinks/ etc, so long as they are a) legal, and b) not vegetables. I will go new places, see new things, push a little harder to be a little better, etc. But when I can feel that pushing a little more will cause extremely negative side effects, trust me when I say no.
I will not walk to the next monument to see another statue when I know it will ruin my knee for the next two days. I will not try this new drink that trust me, yes, I can taste the alcohol in, when I'm the only sober one here. I will not loosen up and just try it where no one will see... because that will be the one time that someone does see, and it will be a cop. I will not register for a competition, because I know it will ruin my love of dance by making me more competitive, and I will hate life after driving 90 miles at 8am to reach it. Trust me, really, I know what I'm doing. And I know when to call it quits. Respect that in me, respect that in yourself. It's ok to not push all the time. Really.
When I was young, the lesson I picked up was "know your limits." As I got older, that lesson became "push your limits," which is understandable since you can't progress without going beyond that which you can already do. What bothers me, however, is that people seem to have forgotten that sometimes, just occasionally, there are limits that do not need to be pushed.
What's even more annoying is that people don't seem to understand that distinction. I would not say I'm particularly a stick-in-the-mud, and if something is pointed out to me, I will give it due consideration before saying yea or nay to trying it. Therefore, if I say no thank you, I'll pass, there's probably a darn good reason for it, and leave me alone. I will try new foods/ drinks/ etc, so long as they are a) legal, and b) not vegetables. I will go new places, see new things, push a little harder to be a little better, etc. But when I can feel that pushing a little more will cause extremely negative side effects, trust me when I say no.
I will not walk to the next monument to see another statue when I know it will ruin my knee for the next two days. I will not try this new drink that trust me, yes, I can taste the alcohol in, when I'm the only sober one here. I will not loosen up and just try it where no one will see... because that will be the one time that someone does see, and it will be a cop. I will not register for a competition, because I know it will ruin my love of dance by making me more competitive, and I will hate life after driving 90 miles at 8am to reach it. Trust me, really, I know what I'm doing. And I know when to call it quits. Respect that in me, respect that in yourself. It's ok to not push all the time. Really.
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