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I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE
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Brother, CHL. Thanks for the kind words. They made me feel good about myself and that's a nice thing. I thank you for that.
No, I don't write. For a living or privately. When I write here. I write the way I talk. My wife and friends tell me to write, but I really don't have the discipline. When all is said and done, I'm pretty lazy.
I also have that blue-collar inferiority that I've never quite shrugged-off. With my kids, they all know (excepting the three-year-old) the expectation is for them to go to college or to build a platform to live their life's work. To do something important. Something that matters. To them and to others who might benefit from their endeavors. I grew up differently. The underlying ethos was "it's a damn good day you've got a job." No talk of aspirations or talent. You did the next right thing. Period. Not just me, but most of the guys in my neighborhood. You know first-hand, CHL, we try and give our kids better than we got. Most parents do the same.
And finally, to conclude my brief burlesque, I'm vain. But, it's a vanity built on sand and fear. A good wind and it all crumbles. I wouldn't attempt to write and risk mediocrity. Not honest enough for that. Better a clever fellow in a puddle than pedestrian in a pool. Stupid, but true for me. We all have our stories. Thanks for taking an interest in mine, CHL. It makes me feel good about myself. And, again, I thank you for that.
Quoting: BxMac After reading you last post, it dawned on me that I am basically the very same in almost every way. I feel as though if I were to do anything it would limit my ability to do anything else so I choose to do nothing of importance instead...make sense? If it does, then you know of what I speak. I feel like the only truley worthwhile things I have done are to hold onto the wife, kids and house as well as rescuing several Mopar muscle cars from an early demise. I built a sucessfull construction outfit that fell apart with the crash so I don't really count that as a "real" acomplishment, a real acomplishment would have been to keep it going through the crash but alas, no dice. Now It's all about struggle and for me I like that just fine... I learned (thankfully no too late) that struggle is success or that it's the journey and not the destination Was it wayne Gretsky that said "you miss 100% of the shots that you don't take"?
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