Living In The Fruit; Pre-Wheel Guidance

Reputation is developed in a day; Character is built over a lifetime.

We only get one run at this thing called life. If I were to attach a one word status to the life I am living, I would say…learning.  Life does not allow us to physically go back in time, we are only capable of returning mentally. So why do we consider the past when approaching the future? Life’s blueprints reveal the secrets.  Were cavemen mentally more satisfied and ultimately, for lack of a better term, “happier”, than we currently are as a race? I am not positive…I’m not friends with any cavemen.  However, there is certainly part of me that believes this to be true.  Let me explain.

The first cavemen were constantly learning. They were provided no teachers, guidebooks, or past experiences to recall. They were one hundred percent on their own…the realest trailblazers ever. The mind exists to learn.  For example, think about how good it feels to finish reading a book.  Your mind finds peace in growth.  When your mind sits idle, or dwells in the past, it convinces your soul and your life to do the same.

The first cavemen were constantly experiencing.  Everything was new, exciting, and  challenging. They made instinctual decisions based on what nature presented. There is no better feeling than conquering a challenge, especially when it is yourself that is the competitor. For example, I once took a shy girl with me to a karaoke night at a local bar.  She had never done karaoke before and actually said, “I could never, in a million years, step out on a stage and sing. It would be terrifying.  I wasn’t born with courage to do something like that!” Well, long story short we had a few drinks and I finally convinced her to sing a song with me on stage. Her knuckles turned white and her face fell flush as she grabbed the microphone, nearly dropping it.  She eased her way into the song, speaking the first few lines nervously.  But by the end of the song she was working the stage like Diana Ross, clapping her hands and smiling while she swayed back and forth in perfect time.  Once the song had ended and the crowd clapped, she turned to me with a big smile and said, “Can you get off the stage, I want to do one by myself now.”  I laughed and returned to my barstool.  I called her the next day and she described the night as the  “best time” she had ever had.  Is that because she loved the physical act of karaoke or was it because she conquered her fear? Will she ever do karaoke again? I am not sure. However, I know that she learned something about herself that night.  She learned that she is capable of conquering, and for that she is stronger.  My Mother always used to say, “You have to go out on a limb, because that is where the fruit is.”

Nowadays, when a problem presents itself, it seems as though there are a million considerations that alter the choice.  For the cavemen, it was black and white.  For us, it seems to be random shades of gray.  They focused more on becoming a wiser race, rather than smarter one.  Life used to be based on survival, not success.

I believe that we should only allow our minds to reverse when it is necessary in solving or preventing a current problem. If you release what you have in tow you will notice a big change in your gas mileage.

We were built to push, not pull.