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 You can call me an idealist. A dreamer, a romantic, a gal with lofty ambitions. Sometimes it's hard to get through to me that life isn't like that, that it's a realistic place out there, that the world is full of cynics (or "realists" as I call them). I'm noticing how many are slowly becoming jaded by the real world; that once youthful and optimistic outlook on life is gone. All the sudden I'm surrounded by cynics. Are we bitter because we settled for what's right and not what we truly wanted? Or is it really just the way the real world is? Does it really tear you down and strip you of your once visionary ways? We're taught as kids to dream big and reach for the stars. We're taught to be hopeful and not to lose faith. But that's all erased once you reach a certain age and realize, "Well, I can't really do that, can I?" Then it unravels from there: settling, doing, and just being okay. Of course, you hear those success stories here and there about how people did what they've always wanted to do and look where they are now! But it's never that easy, is it? Maybe this idealistic self in me is slowly disappearing underneath this cloak of reality. And it's... sad. Sure, I'd love to blame the sudden surge of cynicism in friends but I'm bound to find out myself at some point. Until then, I'm hanging on my last thread of idealism because I'm not one to go down without a fight. No TrackBacksTrackBack URL: http://www.toastier.org/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/112 |
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Hi, my name is Amy. Be well, and say hello!
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cheers to that!!