On being stuck
"Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something."
: Rush Limbaugh
I know a few people [including myself sometimes] who keep wanting to do this or that, to change this or that in their life ... to make this or that change ... people who look back and regret time wasted in this or that endeavor ... and yet, after they bitch and moan, they go back to their routine, back to their little box of misery ... they go back to the places, people and things that are making them miserable and quietly submit to their humdrum existence, to the pain of dissatisfaction ... and continue being unhappy, unfulfilled and dissatisfied--and worse yet, feeling guilty about not doing anything to move forward ... but God forbid if one were to challenge them ... they would defend their little hamster wheel with tooth and nail as if sticking to it was a matter of life and death ... my suspicion is that these people are happy in their misery ... or this is as happy as they ever want to be --if one were to consider that happiness ... I can't imagine being afraid of leaving behind places, people and things that do not contribute to your happiness--and in fact add to your misery ... or perhaps this is their happiness and they have not come to terms with it yet -- they're in denial of it ... perhaps these people should stop dreaming about attaining a fulfilling life and just settle for the scraps that are thrown before them ... I can't explain it any other way ... every day we get up and make choices -- and if we make the same choice day after day, year after year, then that is the choice that makes us happy--otherwise, why make that choice day in and day out? ... we should just be happy with it and shut the fuck up.
: Rush Limbaugh
I know a few people [including myself sometimes] who keep wanting to do this or that, to change this or that in their life ... to make this or that change ... people who look back and regret time wasted in this or that endeavor ... and yet, after they bitch and moan, they go back to their routine, back to their little box of misery ... they go back to the places, people and things that are making them miserable and quietly submit to their humdrum existence, to the pain of dissatisfaction ... and continue being unhappy, unfulfilled and dissatisfied--and worse yet, feeling guilty about not doing anything to move forward ... but God forbid if one were to challenge them ... they would defend their little hamster wheel with tooth and nail as if sticking to it was a matter of life and death ... my suspicion is that these people are happy in their misery ... or this is as happy as they ever want to be --if one were to consider that happiness ... I can't imagine being afraid of leaving behind places, people and things that do not contribute to your happiness--and in fact add to your misery ... or perhaps this is their happiness and they have not come to terms with it yet -- they're in denial of it ... perhaps these people should stop dreaming about attaining a fulfilling life and just settle for the scraps that are thrown before them ... I can't explain it any other way ... every day we get up and make choices -- and if we make the same choice day after day, year after year, then that is the choice that makes us happy--otherwise, why make that choice day in and day out? ... we should just be happy with it and shut the fuck up.