...just a brief moment of vanity
Wow, I guess you can say that it has been forever since I have actually posted my thoughts on this page...it almost feels foreign to me. I wish I could summerize what has been going on in my life since the last time I wrote, which was January 14 I believe. Overall, things have been going awesome with the exception of this past week or so. Work, school, and almost anything else you can think of is going great. But like always, all good things must come to an end in this world. To quantify life, I like to imagine a plane in flight. When going up or down the flight can be very bumpy if not dangerous depending on turbulence, but once you are to cruising altitude everything is so smooth and soft. Of course, if we could we would certanly stay up there at 30,000 feet and just cruise our life away, but unfortuneatly there are things that go wrong like fuel pump failure, loss of pressure in hydraulic actuators, and others that force us back down into the dreaded turbulence zone of life.
Have you ever adored something so much that you just didn't want to let it go? Or grasped something so tightly that you were sure nothing could seperate you from it? And then that very thing that you cherrished get taken away from you in mockery? This is a tuff concept for me to grasp. For some unfortunate reasons I have learned that if you hold things too close or tight, then there is a large chance that you will loose it. I don't know if many people have heard of the T.V. show Northern Exposure, but some of the actors and actresses in that movie were the best in my personal opinion. Even though this show was way before my time I still watch and recognize the complex thoughts and emotions trying to be conveyed to the audience. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
We all carry around so much pain in our hearts. Love and pain and beauty. They all seem to go together like one little tidy confusing package. It's a messy business, life. It's hard to figure--full of surprises. Some good. Some bad. Henry Bromel
One person can have a profound effect on another. And two people...well, two people can work miracles. They can change a whole town. They can change the world. Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
Despite everything I've achieved in my life, the culinary awards, the military commendations, the honorary degrees, I have never, ever lost sight of what's truly important. The thing that gives meaning to these triumphs. Someone to share them with. A companion. A help mate. A wife. Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider
Is love supposed to last throughout all time, or is it like trains changing at random stops. If I loved her, how could I leave her? If I felt that way then, how come I don't feel anything now? Jeff Melvoin
Aren't these just awesome? I have a lot of them but these are just a few. Personally, I love quotes from famous people. I think they have a very moving effect to people. Quotes cause you to look at yourself in a way that doesn't happen normally and examine your inventory and how this statement applys to you. These days I don't have much time to sit down and just reflect upon what I'm doing with my life and how I'm spending each moment but today I look back and see that since October my personal life has been awesome until just recently. In fact, I would go out on a limb and say that this has been some of the best times so far in my life. It wasn't just that I have many gifts, or awesome parrents, or just a great place to live. None of this matters unless you have someone to share it with, and that is why my life has been wonderful this winter. I can only hope, imagine, and pray that my life will be blessed in the same way in the future. Best of wishes, Joshua Price
"We all want to fall in love. Why? Because that experience makes us feel completely alive. Where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified, our everyday reality is shattered and we are flying into the heavens. It may only last a moment, an hour, an afternoon. But that doesn't diminish its value. Because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives..."
"Sometimes when you look back on a situation, you realize it wasn't all you thought it was. A beautiful girl walked into your life. You fell in love. Or did you? Maybe it was only a childish infatuation, or maybe just a brief moment of vanity."
Henry Bromel