Milestones

An interesting comment I read from John Maxwell's Leadership Wired today goes like this: "ideas are like soap bubbles floating in the air close to jagged rocks on a windy day."

Let's face it, we're pros in procrastination and experts in forgetfulness, I have done myself in many many times just to wonder and puzzle over "what was that idea I had that day?" and then conveniently forget that I had ever been concerned of my fleeting carelessness. Many days had seen the sincere attempts to remind myself to jot down thoughts and ideas I would want to keep, only to realise it vanished being pushed over by another unforseen appointment, urgent and demanding tasks or simply distraction. Besides ideas would be promises I have made without a second thought over my commitment and to discover I had as easily forgotten about the matter as I had agreed to do whatever I had promised to. To be frank, this habit has been left unchecked and unchallenged due to this over-pacifying thought that I would get to do it someday. That day would never come. Just like the web page I wanted to do, just like the card I wanted to send, the photos I was to develop, the thank-yous I should say and the list goes on and on and on.

Socrates, in bold fashion, delivered the famous phrase in defense during the case of his trial "the unexamined life is not worth living". He referred to the attitude living life without much consideration of what is good is a waste of time. In fact, what he said was "... to let no day pass without discussing goodness and all the other subjects about which you hear me talking and examining both myself and others, is really the very best thing that a man (or women) can do, and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living .." An interesting remark he made and such a loss for the world to loose a mind like this. (If you are interested to know more of this, follow link http://www.granpawayne.com/courses/EXAMLIFE.HTM for detailed discussion on this philosophy) But then, here comes the tricky part about ourselves - we just don't like to face the truth.

Perhaps this bold philosopher who died for his beliefs would serve as a stark reminder of the deviousness that lurks within.