Damien at the Speed of Life

Some thoughts on success and getting there . . .

We all want the perfect house with the picket fence. This metaphor can translate into so many other things in human life. We live in a world inculcated with visual imagery. The latest craze on the internet is Youtube, for example. That which you can see, is real . . . or so we think in 2007.

What’s more important then, image or substance? We aspire to be perfect mothers, fathers, workers, and artists. We have an image in our mind of what “success” looks like and we travel toward it. But what if our image is false? What if what we are striving for is an empty void? What if when we finally reach the wizard, he tells us to nevermind the man behind the curtain? In that case, we would be facce to face with ourselves.

Aspiring to be great is an illusion. Greatness is made one small choice at a time. Let another person tell you when you’ve done something great, don’t notice it yourself. Of course, do not mention it. The greatest people are those who are constantly learning and changing to meet the demands of the time and location. With small steps, travel toward your dreams with humble spirit and DO THE RIGHT THINGS. Once enough of the right things get done, you will have become great . . . and you needn’t have aspired to as much to get there.