The Lemming and Saint Peter

Tao Quote of the Day:

"Even the journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step"

I did a little wandering today, a little backwards from my usual routine of write-first-visit-later. I decided to snub the old slave driver (Me) today and do it my way (alter ego Me) so I logged on and revisited some interesting blogs maintained by interesting people.
One gentle spirit addressed the "Why do people settle?" question.

My answer was easy, "Fear. They are afraid of failure, afraid of change and afraid that if left to their own, they won't like the company."~Cerebral Gas, Jan 15, 2005

Oh go ahead and tell me I'm wrong. I could have gone on and on with all the phobias, disorders, neurosis and all the reasons why it's their parents fault, but if you wanted to hear that you wouldn't be skimming blogs, you'd be in your therapists waiting room arguing with some obsessive-compulsive over how many times you should tap a door knob before turning it. I will offer to help you out a little so you'll feel as comfortable with me as you would with your HMO Psychologist, you can pay me...only if it will make you feel better. How does that make you feel?
I don't have those fear hang-ups. I am the type to walk first, think later ( Which can rack up quite a bill in divorce court fee's). Because, you see, if I take that first step, then out of habit I will follow thru with the subsequent steps, either until I reach my destination, get a cramp, or go careening off a cliff in a wild Lemming run into the ocean where I drop like a rock to the sandy bottom. No matter how you look at it, I will have gotten past that uncomfortable moment quickly, and before you know it I am no longer at the end of an era, rather the beginning of a new one. Either that or I get a cramp and say "screw it", or I've sunk like a rock to my watery grave and then I'm Saint Peters problem...in which case I'm back to the beginning a new adventure thing, only my dress size will no longer be an issue and my feet won't hurt.
So no matter how you look at it, I win...unless I get a cramp.

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2/9/2005 10:8 PM