07.23.06
Deep Thought #2 - Growth
The other day, on the way home to CF, I saw a father teaching his (really) young son to fish. Granted the kid would probably not catch anything, and he (like me back then) had a Mickey Mouse fishing pole that probably could support catching a fish anyway. It made me smile.
This triggered a lengthy thought analysis (it was a road trip, what was I to do?) about who I was. I’ve always figured I’d find a family or something after I tried my hand at life, not wanting to be settled down too much before I accomplish something great. I think the definition of “something great” has changed a lot in recent times. I’m not really saying I want to go rush to get married. In fact, I’m not saying anything beyond the fact that I have changed. And for that, I am happy.
As Eugene Wallingford (the head of the CS departent at UNI) reached his blog anniversary, I decided to go back and look at the things I posted many months ago (a year or more ago in fact). Who was I then? Who am I now? The change has been incredible. Even the stuff I post is different. You can literally track how you have changed by what you have written.
My point is this: look at yourself. Who are you? How have you changed? How do you plan to change? What are your goals now, and how to do they compare to the ones you had in the recent past?
If you answer these questions, you will have a good idea about yourself and where you are heading in life. You can see your personal growth. And growth, my friends, is beautiful.
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Originally posted at: http://www.xanga.com/syncarn/507209051/rain-my-clouds-rain.html
Note: This post was more Xanga oriented than most.
Elyse said,
July 25, 2006 at 11:30 pm
so, this doesn’t really count for anything, but when you mentioned the kid adn his dad fishing, I thought of this… when I was young, my dad took my sister and me fishing. We (being young) got bored easily, and spent most of the time throwing rocks into the water. it was enjoyable.