Paying Respects to the Past

Hello. If you are reading this blog, well, congrats for finding it. I haven't updated it in over a year (I think).

I used to post things to the blog for others to see, but I want to try a new approach (for me), which is probably the same approach that MOST people use a blog for; getting thoughts out of my head and somewhere where someone else may see (and judge) them. Leave comments, do whatever you are entitled to do. I am one of the many individuals who truly doesn't care what others have to say about their lives - unless they are close friends or relatives - and I don't expect anyone else to think this is interesting at all. After all, I am fairly normal.

I titled this blog "Paying Respects to the Past" because my newest thought, derived from my current situation in life, is that we must remember the past because that is exactly what has brought us to where we are now. Paths cross in part because of the decisions we make, but more so because of the decisions people before us have made. In that sense, we are just a small piece of the puzzle, but I think that too many of us feel we are the answer and we want everyone else to hear us. Again, take or leave my philosophy because it's been said a million times by now. These are just my thoughts of the day in electronic medium.

More to the point, my current situation (much like many people's situations) has taken a tumble from the peak I had once achieved. Highs and lows in the market... highs and lows in personal achievements. A confidence and certainty of the future turns into a brewing negativity and pessimism of, "What now?" Just like the market. Perhaps time will tell, and perhaps it will heal all wounds, and if it doesn't kill me it will make me stronger. All the positivity doesn't change the fact that the situation sucks. It sucks, but misery loves company and I know that the company probably has it much worse than I do.

Now it's time for decisions. Tough life-changing decisions. And these decisions will shape the future for many more people than just me. Let's not be narrow-minded here.

-J