it was meant to be.
people say this a lot,
and it has turned me
off, for as long as i can
remember, as an excuse
to live life lazy. but today
i’m wondering exactly what
is meant when it is said. it
seems to me that there are
at least a couple of unsatis
fying options. the most
obvious, i suppose, would
have some grand plan laid
out somewhere out of our
reach that gives us each a
predisposed destiny. yuck!
or it could be more of a
complex tautological shrug
of the shoulders, something
like a well, that happened, and
there’s no going back; it can’t be
changed, it is what it is, what’s done
is done, it was meant to be. either
way, as far as i’m concerned, it’s a
pretty lame way to give up all
accountability and, furthermore,
if one were to believe such, why
set any goals at all? when some
thing bad happens to me, first
i get all bent out of shape, sure.
but, and quickly, i go about moving
forward, learning from what happened,
readjusting whatever plans i have for
achieving whatever i want to get done
on this earth, how i’d like to be going
forward, and double down on getting
there the best way i can. i guess
what i’m saying is that i don’t mind
being a sap so long as i’m not a lazy
sap. i’m in as much control as is
humanly possible, or i damn well try
to be. and when things go awry,
well, long story short, logic dictates
that i remain as optimistic as possible,
under whatever circumstances.
