"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
It is so much easier to know what should be done, the best and most efficient way to get about doing it, and what such an action would acheive, than to do it.
So many things in the world are like that. From studies to sports to life. I could easily tell you the best way to get about doing something, but it does not necessarily mean that I could do said thing. There are so many limitations. Physical. Biological. Social. To perceive what is ideal is so easy, yet to attain it is so hard. It is ironical. It is a form of torture.
Have a look around you. Read abit. Study something. Learn. If you commit yourself to a discipline, more often than not you will find that you will learn about the pinnacle of what you are studying long before you acheive it. Perhaps some say it is a form of motivation. Personally I find it a form of torture.
It is so easy to know what to do, yet it is so hard to do it. It is beyond a matter of want or can. Even if you can, and want, it need not be that you shall. There are too many factors beyond our control. The world is constantly changing; all constants are variables. Change is a way of life. To adapt is to stay in touch with the world, to stagnate is to rot and be left behind. Life is like progressing against a river. Once you stop, the gap grows. It is so easy to be left behind, especially with the mentality that you can eventually catch up if you want.
To be under the stars. To watch the sun set. Life is so surreal. Life is full of regret. All the things you'd wished you'd done, but never did. And all the things you did which you'd wished you'd never done.
Everytime you get angry at someone, put yourself in his or her shoes. Sometimes it doesn't work, and sometimes it might. But more often than not you will understand the reason. However you think of it is up to you. But to understand is always better than to not.
Sigmund Freud believes that all actions are motivated by the unconscious and the subconscious mind. To a certain extent, we can apply this to people when we look at their actions. To give a rough and inaccurate quote from a graphic novel: "Reasons are the most important thing. Everything people do, even the Joker, makes sense to them, even if it is in a crazy manner". About everything people do are motivated by a reason. If we understand the motives and the reasons, we understand that person better.
And I have no idea what I just typed. Literally. I was just crapping as I went along. Ahahahaha.
Today was another wasted day. Bowling training in morning. Went home for lunch. Cycled to Jurong East Library to read random stuff with Har. Lim kopi and teh with Har, talk some cock. Go home. Yesterday I felt motivated to do homework. Of course, my first assumption was that I was becoming crazy. So, obviously, I suppressed the urge and engaged in some light reading.
Poster Fail!
The massive amount of people on their way to IT fair mentioned in an earlier post.
