Friday, April 08, 2005

The Struggle Within


pope revised
Originally uploaded by steakbellie.
I was thinking about life this morning. It became clear that there are very very few situations in your life that you must choose between good and evil....right and wrong. Most of the things we have done that we regret come about from a long series of decisions or (mostly) inactions that lead us down a path to that end. You dont want to be obese, but tiny tiny choices that you make during the day have brought you this particular end. Maybe you guys fries with that...over and over. The guy who takes the stairs....he's investing in a result that's years away.

Lifting today will not make you Mr Universe. Be consistant. Make it part of your routine. Plan it before your busy day envelops you. Years from now you will able to clearly see the path you have walked down, and plenty examples around you of those who chose the other.

We dont want our relationships with our friends, spouses, and children to suffer and fall apart, these failures take time, a long time. Not talking to your son when you had the time, not bringing flowers home to the old lady, not calling your buddy to see how they are.

Things fall apart. You have to invest alittl bit of energy now to even have a CHANCE. If you wait till later it may be too big a project to overcome.

Hell, it's one of the laws of thermodynamics....things naturally go to disorder. Turn off the TV, get off that fucking computer...make something small today.


3 comments:

Anonymous said...

A few months ago you made a post asking what happened to Fiona Apple. Find out at http://freefiona.com

Anonymous said...

Ha!

That's great. Someone should start a site to pay her NOT to put out the album.

steakbellie said...

I'm not sending her my money. I spent all this time writing this article, coming up with a cool title, and even an intersting illustration (involving the Pope no less!!!) and somehow she sticks her dark stickly figure into my blog.

Thats a good idea about paying her not to put out albums...kind of like how the Gov pays Farmers not to grow wheat. The Farmers take the money and buy more fields not to grow wheat in! She can become the most prolific non-releaser of all time!

It is pretty funny that a successful artist cant get an album released. She can use her millions to hire some lawyers, nobody made a website for me when I lost my job, and look at the cool Pope pictures I'm capable of manipulating!