CBrajkovich Ramblings

Oh Reddit, when days become frustrating because things change too slowly in life, you always manage to find the perfect image for these feelings. Yes, this is what it’s been feeling like lately when I look around at how we’re living (politics, economics, you know what I’m talking about). No, this doesn’t include everyone, because there are a lot of imaginative people that are trying to replace status quo with something better. But this image does feel a lot like the life that I’m trying to leave behind (are you feeling it too?).

Do you ever feel like someone is looking at you like a tasty drumstick?

If so, then this is for you. A little reminder that even if one leg is caught, we still have other limbs to help us break free. As well as a head full of amazing visions of our freedom. And a heart that can be as free as a bird soaring through the sky. And eyes that will help you find an escape route. And ears that can keep you away from further danger. And a mouth to call for help, or to use to simply scare the bejeebus out of whoever’s got a hold of your damn leg.

It doesn’t have to feel like this, when it can feel like this: HAPPY

This manifesto that popped up on Piccsy relates to a scientist’s quest, but is not limited to only them. If each and every one of us used this credo in our daily lives, it would most definitely result in a lot more open mindedness. And that would not be a bad thing.  As a matter of fact, it would be an inspirational bit of activity that could nurture our world and lead to absolute wonders to learn from.

This thought for the day reminds me of why I will always be a student of one thing or another. Nothing that we learn is ever completely understood until we look at it through someone else’s eyes. Because every time you do this, you find out that there’s a gap in your own education. No one person will ever see a problem from every angle. There are just too many angles to cover. And each person who attempts to learn this adds one more measurement that changes the angle yet again.

So, if you really want to understand a subject, then try teaching it to others. I learned this lesson years ago while I was a tech writer. And it’s a lesson that continues to push my learning curve, so that I’ll never stop trying to understand a subject. If I do stop, it’ll be because I no longer have the energy to keep going. And I am not looking forward to that day EVER.

This gem from Piccsy is the perfect image of how work should look. Take away the camera and replace it with your tool of creation. I’d say trade, but I don’t want to look at “work” in the old manner of trade – unless it takes the true definition of trade as in sharing and exchanging. No, what I want to concentrate on is that joyful innocence we all carried when we were little and didn’t know about life’s trials.

This is how work should look, shouldn’t it? A youthful vision that finds the enchantment in that piece we created, and reacts to the sheer joy of discovery. It’s pure fulfillment without the chains of economics, rules, and all of those strictures that gradually strangle who we are. This is our reminder that now is the best time to reboot the way we live, so that we can once more experience this level of joy in our daily “work”.

Here’s the thought for the day that could change your life:

Never has a truer word been spoken in the context of the written word. Some of the most dangerous thoughts have been written and passed down through time. What counted then counts equally now. Probably because the more we change, the more we stay the same? But that should never stop anyone from wanting to keep on changing…especially when it’s for the better. Go find a book that will impact your life and immerse yourself in it. You’ll come out all the better for the experience.

– thanks Piccsy

p.s. And to show just how much writers can impact the world, check out the news about the writer’s march through Moscow which drew more than 10,000 people.