Reveries and Passions
Monday, March 20, 2006
more tomorrow than today | 1:52 AM |

Dreams...

...passions, ambitions. i used to have these things, but no more.

i dreamt that one day i would be a food connoisseur and be able to travel the world on a culinary tour. now i'm just happy if i could get by the day with a bowl of ramen noodles.

i was passionate about serving and helping the needy. now i'm just happy to blend in with the crowd and remain inactive.

i once was ambitious in doing my best and not settling for less. now i'm just happy to pass and scrape by the daily grinds.

the flames of life is easily quenched by the waters of mediocrity. but oh so comfortable is that pillow of complacency. how painless it is to just meet the status quo. being average has its appeal...you're not at the bottom of the bucket as to feel bad about yourself, but you're not so good that it goes to your head. how can one stand out if there's always someone better than you? can anyone stand out and be counted at all?

i argue, no matter what we do we will only be average and sublime. there's no escaping the fence-sitting mentality of this world by our own powers. thankfully there is One who is more significant than us to make us more than mere monotomy.

...we were meant to live for so much more, have we lost ourselves?