We all have a sob story to tell...

Often times life pushes us into certain situations and mind frames that are totally condusive to/for the perfect atmosphere of conducting a genuine and vital self-evaluation and reflection and it is in these under appreciated moments that one can learn the most about themselves, rest their spirit with complete peace of mind and bring to focus issues that might not have otherwise come to head.

Life is funny that way, ya know. I realized a long time ago that there are no absolutes and your life can change at a moments notice. I've since learned to enjoy my life exactly for what it is and not to waste not even a moment on the things that may seem negative. For in the end I believe that everything happens for a reason and that reason, even if blind to me now, is for the greater good of all parties involved.

I guess I say all of this to say even though my life may not be exactly as I thought it would be at this stage in my life, I'd much rather have the very hand that I'm playing than to trade it up or down for someone elses mess.

Ase!!!

Why settle for less when you know you deserve better?

Rationality is a commitment to the facts — an inviolable willingness to face reality, no matter how painful, frightening, or unpleasant the truth may be in a specific case. And rationality means never placing any consideration above one’s honest grasp of the facts.

I just finished reading Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. And even though it's a pretty hefty read I have to admit it held my attention for the most part, though not as intently as Leo Tolstoy's War & Peace held me in its grasp. At the very root of the plot lies Mrs. Rand's basis for Objectivism which is the philosophy that preaches in essence, the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute. -Her words not mine.

Hmmmmm.... I have to admit that the thought sounds intriguing, if even a bit selfish. My mama used to always say that she knew with certainity that I deserved to be happy which I think lies at the very foundation of Ayn Rand's Objectivism. She believed that the proper moral purpose of one's life is the pursuit of one's own happiness or rational self-interest.

Amen to that. I'm on my objectivism ish these days...reminds me of something my first love once asked me...why settle for less, when you know you deserve better?