A reminder for us all

Why is it that people feel the need to seek advice only from persons older than themselves? No. I say it doesn’t make sense. After all, younger persons remind you of where you once were…where you’re coming from. Their freshness and eagerness is a reminder of your previous zeal to excel at whatever is your true passion.

Age is not a measure of wisdom, and certainly not of inspiration. Older persons will have experience to share; yes there is no doubt to that. However along with that experience, they often share negative feelings, twisted and (obviously) subjective views on the topic.

I should make myself a bit clearer. I’m specifically speaking here about careers and job options, not everything in life. Older persons, I find often distract you from what it is you really wish to do, and you find yourself confused and lost as to what you should actually do. They distract and make you question yourself. Now, questioning yourself is good, but not too much! It leaves you with numerous doubts as to whether what you’re doing is the correct thing, and may result in not going ahead with what you really and truly wanted to. Connecting with younger, inexperienced people remind you why you wanted to do something in the first place, and why you love it. It gives you that final push to go ahead and do what you love. See, the thing is that very few people don’t have to choose between doing what they love and really want to do, and what they should do because the two are the same. The majority of persons in the world, however, have to make that decision. Should I go ahead and pursue what I love? Or should I just take this job? Who knows I may grow to like it? Nooooo. You won’t. Well…most likely not. Deciding to go against what you should do, and do what you love to do is a huge risk. Is what you love worth the risk?

I would say most people who are out there doing what they love took a big risk when they decided to do that, a risk akin to jumping off a bridge into a river. So. Now the question is: can you swim? Can you swim against the current? There’s only one way to find out. JUMP.




N.B. Please don’t misunderstand me. I fully understand the need to inquire about a profession or business field before venturing forth, and the importance of hearing from people in the relevant field. I’m just reminding you to connect with your earlier, younger selves and seek out your reasons behind wanting to do what you desire.

21 Guns - Green Day

Sometimes at the oddest moment you find inspiration, or you find the strength to do what you've needed to do for days, weeks or months. Sometimes you're doing what you think is right, and you think that you're being strong, but really you're being weak. Sometimes you know everyone around you is right, but just taking the decision that will let them know they're right is the hardest thing to do! And so you do the opposite of what they want, even if it is the opposite of what you want, and you think it's strength, but really it's weakness and stubborness and ignorance, and most of all, pride! Good ol' stinking pride gets you every time.



I want to post the lyrics to this song, 21 Guns, and I hereby want to personally thank Green Day for helping me in my personal life yet again, and for breaking my pride just when it needed it most.



21 Guns

Do you know what's worth fighting for,
When it's not worth dying for?
Does it take your breath away
And you feel yourself suffocating?
Does the pain weigh out the pride?
And you look for a place to hide?
Did someone break your heart inside?
You're in ruins

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

When you're at the end of the road
And you lost all sense of control
And your thoughts have taken their toll
When your mind breaks the spirit of your soul
Your faith walks on broken glass
And the hangover doesn't pass
Nothing's ever built to last
You're in ruins.

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone

When it's time to live and let die
And you can't get another try
Something inside this heart has died
You're in ruins.

One, 21 guns
Lay down your arms
Give up the fight
One, 21 guns
Throw up your arms into the sky,
You and I

by Green Day


Their present album 21st Century Breakdown focuses on exactly that, the 21st century breakdown, and hits on political and global issues. This song in particular seems to me to be referring to pointless wars and other pointless acts: "Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone"


The lines that really spoke to me personally tonight were:
"Do you know what's worth fighting for,when it's not worth dying for" and
"Lay down your arms, give up the fight."

I love this song. Have a listen here and be judge for yourself. It may just seem a song to you now, but at some point, some day it will just hit you and its relevance will be real to you then, if not now.