What The People Do Not Say
That is life, that is what people say; you are riding high in
April, then you are shot down in May is nearly how an old Frank Sinatra
song goes. If you are successful and genuinely successful, it is never
that simple or uncomplicated. Life is full of eddies, currents, waves,
realities, up times and down times and there is not a dominance of one
over any other, especially for the successful person living fully in
reality.
People say and think that life is simple in the sense that I just mentioned. Yet, successfully navigating everything in life is the hardest thing in existence really, because of the fact that all conditions exist in the reality of success including temporary failure. In fact, one of the greatest motivational speakers and writers of all time, Napoleon Hill had this to say and I paraphrase: "Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony, especially when genuine success is in reach and right before it something seemingly bad happens, but you go on anyway." Considering what I have just mentioned, I totally agree with that view. Success is something that everyone can control, but not everyone wants to do what is needed to keep it going even when it seemingly gets rough. Plato said near the end of his allegory of the cave that people want badly, too badly to do what is comfortable to them. When considering normal, unsuccessful people, that is the genuine reality. But when considering the excellent, the best way is going beyond the comfort zone, even when comfort is sacrificed for awhile. Get my point? Leaving the comfort zone can seem like all around failure in a way until new levels are reached, and success is gained through better action.
The real loss comes when actions do not get better and people get too settled into a routine without growth or life. Death happens when things get to calm. They go down.
When interesting things are always happening and growth is working, things are always up, even if they go downward for a few moments to regenerate. Creativity is the reality, routine is the fantasy. In 1899 the United States patent offices said that all that can be invented could be invented, and they may as well "close shop". Well, creativity and growth will go on as long as there is existence. The only loss is thinking that everything is done and a routine "should" be followed, right? If you think that, you are trapped in the cave with Plato.
People say and think that life is simple in the sense that I just mentioned. Yet, successfully navigating everything in life is the hardest thing in existence really, because of the fact that all conditions exist in the reality of success including temporary failure. In fact, one of the greatest motivational speakers and writers of all time, Napoleon Hill had this to say and I paraphrase: "Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony, especially when genuine success is in reach and right before it something seemingly bad happens, but you go on anyway." Considering what I have just mentioned, I totally agree with that view. Success is something that everyone can control, but not everyone wants to do what is needed to keep it going even when it seemingly gets rough. Plato said near the end of his allegory of the cave that people want badly, too badly to do what is comfortable to them. When considering normal, unsuccessful people, that is the genuine reality. But when considering the excellent, the best way is going beyond the comfort zone, even when comfort is sacrificed for awhile. Get my point? Leaving the comfort zone can seem like all around failure in a way until new levels are reached, and success is gained through better action.
The real loss comes when actions do not get better and people get too settled into a routine without growth or life. Death happens when things get to calm. They go down.
When interesting things are always happening and growth is working, things are always up, even if they go downward for a few moments to regenerate. Creativity is the reality, routine is the fantasy. In 1899 the United States patent offices said that all that can be invented could be invented, and they may as well "close shop". Well, creativity and growth will go on as long as there is existence. The only loss is thinking that everything is done and a routine "should" be followed, right? If you think that, you are trapped in the cave with Plato.
My name is Joshua Clayton, I am a freelance writer based in
Inglewood, California. I also write under a few pen-names and aliases,
but Joshua Clayton is my real name, and I write by that for the most
part now. I am a philosophical writer and objective thinker and honest
action taker. I also work at a senior center in Gardena, California as
my day job, among other things, but primarily I am a writer.
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