My cat woke me up at 5am, but after a Sunday chock full of napping, Netflix, and food panda I'm OK with being up well before sunrise. What else to do but make a steem post.
With no direction, I opened up my favorite free app that makes it look like I kind of know what I'm doing and saw this generic phrase on a super simple template. "Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations" I had to ask myself if this is true or is it just one of those bullshit safe inspirational quotes I'd just accept ?
Without getting too deep into things my first thought was I'm more of an "all about the journey" type of guy. This made me think that perhaps "often" should be changed to "always" since beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this statement is more a matter of perception.
Talented award winning rapper and producer J.Cole said "its beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success"
Early this morning a decent movie I recently saw with Will Smith also comes to mind, "Collateral Beauty" the theme of this film was to see how tragic events can unlock a greater appreciation for life and all the moments woven together through our time here.
My final thoughts on this inspirational mumbo-jumbo is that like Doc In Back to the Future "where we're going we don't need roads"
By, this what I mean is that with the right vehicle or mode of transportation no road is difficult. Like Bob Marley "my feet are my only carriage" so if I'm the vehicle and I can choose perception as my fuel, I can easily navigate the path I'm laying out for myself. The path is absolutely influenced by our choices and presents us with exactly the obstacles we need to realize that it is in fact the self that is obstructing our view and blocking our way.
Finishing up with some matrix wisdom, "don't try and bend the spoon, that's impossible, instead only try to realise the truth, there is no spoon"
Okay steem world, hope you're ready for Monday and the week ahead. Peace out
