Thoughts

No Return Ticket…

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When i watched Forrest Gump for the first time, I was clearly amazed by the movie. There were so many inspirational parts in the movie that it became in many ways an important part of my life. One of the sequences in the movie had Forrest a young confused man take to running non stop across the continent of North America. In the movie the run is shown under the light of a search for spirituality & answers.

Ever since i watched Forrest Gump I have always wondered on the rewards of simply running away into the distance. I always looked at it and was amazed at this man’s ability to run into the wilderness without thinking twice about what the next turn had in store.

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The Pursuit of Happiness…

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Each and every one of us has at some point in their lives wondered about the purpose of life. The purpose of life is the ultimate reason of our existence… Like an actor who walks up on stage and in their time on the stage they work towards providing their bit of substance to the play. They carefully thread the paths set by the playwright and in the few moments they appear achieve a certain predefined goal.

William Shakespeare famously once wrote “All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players“… Shakespeare in his time must have also wondered about his purpose of life and during one of his epiphanies must have believed that he was closer to his purpose than ever.

But what if there is no purpose? What if life is what we truly make of it… Then what is the drive for existence? I believe the real drive for existence is the “pursuit of happiness”

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Old Words…

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Yesterday I was reading a short story I wrote about 5 years ago. I was amazed at how my writing has changed over time. While I hope that I write better now, there is one thing I know for sure, the past ‘me’ had unlimited spirit in writing.

Just reading through five pages of text gave enough perspective to juxtapose the twenty year old me and present me. Sadly I wasn’t too thrilled at what I saw…

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2009 – Q&A

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1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Lets see – Travelled to 4 different countries, ran a 10k run & kissed a tiger cub.  Im sure there were many more ‘events’, but they just arent flashing to my mind right now :P

2. Did you keep your New Years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Some… I went after a few… I gave up on a few… I woke up to realize I really did not need to do somethings

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