Post by Andrew on Aug 15, 2011 0:34:47 GMT -5
This is more or less an internal monologue that I've had over the past few weeks. I've talked it out with a few people and this is kind of what came out.
_____________________
A Conversation With The Mirror
Look at you.
You think you're ready? You think it's just sophomore year of college. You think it's just another year in the books of having fun and being in school.
Wrong.
You fucked up last time. Made yourself miserable. Got shitty grades, almost got arrested, lost your scholarship. Almost lost that job that you worked so hard to get.
Now I have to come in and do clean up.
You're not a fucking kid anymore. You can't just live it up in the good parts, and stick your fucking fingers in your ears and go LALALALALA during the bad parts. That's not how life works.
It's time to fucking work. It's time to man up
Haha look at yourself! Your jaw is set, your teeth are grit, you're gripping the fucking countertop like you're gonna fly away. Where was this Fire for the other 19 years and seven months of your life?
Here's the deal Andrew. Your life can suck. I don't give a shit. You and the other fools on this planet can go through life feeling shitty in a deadbeat life, trudging through your years feeling grayer and grayer by the day.
MY life isn't gonna suck. Not on your fucking life.
I don't know why you never had this fire before, Andrew.
You and I aren't like everyone else.
You and I are a different breed.
You and I have a passion to have a life unparalleled by the generic masses.
You and I have that Fire burning like hot coals in the bottom of the ribcage.
That Fire is gonna carry you through life. But you need to know how to stoke it.
Write some fucking goals down for christ's sake. You think you're too cool to write goals down? Fine. Then you're much too cool to meet them.
Start fucking working. You need to do something to get you closet and closer to your goals EVERY. DAMN. DAY. If at the end of the day you didn't accomplish something to reach those goals, then you let yourself down. Nobody else. You let yourself down.
You start something? Don't stop working on it until it's fucking perfect.
It's your life. It's your responsibility. Nobody else is gonna fucking catch you if you fall.
You wanna have an awesome fucking life? Time to work for it, buddy.
It's no longer "Do only what makes you happy." Now it's "Do everything you can to make sure that you're happy."
On top of all that, you're part of the next generation of men in your family! You have a little brother and four younger cousins who whether you know it or not look up to every action that you do.
When you pull shit like you've been pulling shit, they see that. You need to be a man, and be the kind of man you want your boys to look up to.
That's not just your fire. That's your fire as a man, and your fire as a role model.
You feel that fire in you?
Take it.
Run with it.
It's your fire and it's your life.
Don't let me down again.
____________
The point is, you want a good life? Or a hot girlfriend? Or better luck with women? Or good grades?
You better fucking work for it.
You dont have that fire yet?
You either better find a way to get it, or get a swift kick in the pants like I did.
Don't let me down.
_____________________
A Conversation With The Mirror
Look at you.
You think you're ready? You think it's just sophomore year of college. You think it's just another year in the books of having fun and being in school.
Wrong.
You fucked up last time. Made yourself miserable. Got shitty grades, almost got arrested, lost your scholarship. Almost lost that job that you worked so hard to get.
Now I have to come in and do clean up.
You're not a fucking kid anymore. You can't just live it up in the good parts, and stick your fucking fingers in your ears and go LALALALALA during the bad parts. That's not how life works.
It's time to fucking work. It's time to man up
Haha look at yourself! Your jaw is set, your teeth are grit, you're gripping the fucking countertop like you're gonna fly away. Where was this Fire for the other 19 years and seven months of your life?
Here's the deal Andrew. Your life can suck. I don't give a shit. You and the other fools on this planet can go through life feeling shitty in a deadbeat life, trudging through your years feeling grayer and grayer by the day.
MY life isn't gonna suck. Not on your fucking life.
I don't know why you never had this fire before, Andrew.
You and I aren't like everyone else.
You and I are a different breed.
You and I have a passion to have a life unparalleled by the generic masses.
You and I have that Fire burning like hot coals in the bottom of the ribcage.
That Fire is gonna carry you through life. But you need to know how to stoke it.
Write some fucking goals down for christ's sake. You think you're too cool to write goals down? Fine. Then you're much too cool to meet them.
Start fucking working. You need to do something to get you closet and closer to your goals EVERY. DAMN. DAY. If at the end of the day you didn't accomplish something to reach those goals, then you let yourself down. Nobody else. You let yourself down.
You start something? Don't stop working on it until it's fucking perfect.
It's your life. It's your responsibility. Nobody else is gonna fucking catch you if you fall.
You wanna have an awesome fucking life? Time to work for it, buddy.
It's no longer "Do only what makes you happy." Now it's "Do everything you can to make sure that you're happy."
On top of all that, you're part of the next generation of men in your family! You have a little brother and four younger cousins who whether you know it or not look up to every action that you do.
When you pull shit like you've been pulling shit, they see that. You need to be a man, and be the kind of man you want your boys to look up to.
That's not just your fire. That's your fire as a man, and your fire as a role model.
You feel that fire in you?
Take it.
Run with it.
It's your fire and it's your life.
Don't let me down again.
____________
The point is, you want a good life? Or a hot girlfriend? Or better luck with women? Or good grades?
You better fucking work for it.
You dont have that fire yet?
You either better find a way to get it, or get a swift kick in the pants like I did.
Don't let me down.
