Ahh, another late night/early morning spent in thoughtful bliss. Seems like the only time of day to get anything done; so I continue writing. Probably screwing with my health a bit...And there's certainly daytime priorities that need to get done...but why is that? I mean, why do I feel a greater pressure arising from the deadlines than from the sake of my own health?
It may be 4AM talking, but realizing that much jars me a bit. Don't get me wrong...I like rules, since they give me a certain structure that helps guide me through my work. They add a certain cohesion and order that I can appreciate. The only "problem" is, I have an easier time walking in a straight line than thinking in one. Is that really a problem though? Should we become so reliant upon rules that we lose our creative edge?
I try my best to be flexible. "Change is inevitable," as some say. Yet still I cling to the constants, the stationary ideas, so that I don't get swept under with the current of daily life. Sometimes, it becomes to a degree that I have to step back and think, "Am I trying to stay grounded, or am I being stubborn?" I want to hold onto my beliefs, but I also don't want to be an immovable object. What will happen if that mysterious unstoppable force comes along? There's plenty in this world to make us realize--as much as we don't want to admit it--that we have to prepare for change to a large degree.
But I remember that this reflex, this internalized belief that I need to hold onto something rigidly and without fail...is just that: internalized. It must be entirely natural. It can't be inherently wrong; no, it shouldn't be. It just requires a bit of tweaking, in the form of a reality check. No, not a reality check that by its very nature needs to bring you crashing to the ground. Just, a reality check that gives you the ability to land on the ground safely, perhaps with a few bumps, but still able to look to the sky and dream.
Dreams...conjure up those images of your wildest imagination. "Only in your dreams," They insist. Come on...That's basically a challenge in its purest form. Well, looks like I'll have to daydream. There's my rationale for you. To be honest, I'm a bit naïve that way...But don't worry: that's by design. I try to keep a pocketful of naïveté with me at all times. It's not unlike stretching: just as I want to keep my body limber, I also want to be able to bend my mind at will. I think everyone should be a bit gullible, a bit naïve at times. It stimulates creativity more than rigid cultural rules do, and it never hurts to think big. I have to say, it's both refreshing and enlightening when someone can share their fantasies with you, their hopes, their aspirations. I've always maintained a pocketful of naïveté and have extra, but I've been trained to throw away the excess. It's embarrassing to think like that, obviously.
Oh sorry, am I sounding too cliché? Well, at the risk of sounding like other bandwagoners and throwing out ideas that seem ideal on the whim I'm currently riding, I'll stick with my words. My reason? Well, I figure that, if ideas become cliché, it means I'm not the first to think about them. It infers that many, many, many more people have also thought about them, and communicated them somehow, to the point where it numbs the mind of those who have heard these concepts countless times, over and over, ad nauseum. Beaten the dead horse, even.
...If that's the case, though, then there must surely be something of value that can be uncovered from the collective...right?
I dare you to call me naïve for posting a Yahoo! News article as inspiration:
http://news.yahoo.com/god-trust-maybe-not-other-135752394.html
Or The Internship, for that matter. Yes, the movie is corny; whether that much was intentional or not, I will refrain from comment and let you speculate. But for me, it helped me relate to the movie and the points that I believe were to be emphasized (which I won't touch upon here). From a corny movie, I can find something worthwhile. Naïve, isn't it?
[DISCLAIMER: I am by no means attempting to advertise for Yahoo! News, The Internship, or Google. Just drawing inspiration from wherever I see it.]
