Random Thoughts...

I have a major problem with University... school in general for that matter. Theory is... If you jump through all the hoops, if you work really hard, if you do everything you're told, if you repeat back everything your teacher has told you (but not word for word because that would be plagarism), you graduate. Congratulations you are now another brick in the wall. What about the skills of self motivation (aka. the ability to work hard without being told to) creativity (aka. to make something new) or the word that is in a tie with another word, 'freedom', for being the most misused word in the english language, individuality (aka. to think for yourself). In fact, your whole life has been about following the instructions of parents, teachers, and coaches. And nothing against any of them because they all truly want the best for you, but the result is still the same no matter what the intentions. Graduates are (for the most part) brought up and trained not to ask questions, not to think for themself, and to work hard for somebody else.

Universities kill the child in people. The one that is curious about things. The one that asks 40,000 questions before they ever even get to kindergarten. The one that took chances. The one that rode, and didn't care about the fall. The one that got an F on his freshman year philosophy paper because he didn't repeat exactly what he was told to say in class. The one that died Junior year English:Early 20th Century British Novelists class when he no longer cared about learning or challenging himself and just cared about passing...

"Children are all born great poets, musicians, writers and philosophers... they are all born gifted... the trick is not to let the world take that gift away from you."

Everyone gets hurt, fine, its a part of maturing... everyone fails... will it kill you or make you stronger? Maybe all the hurt will make you lose everything you once had... You make a pact to yourself never to be open, or vulnerable, or curious, or creative, or an individual, or carefree, or hopeful, or whatever it was because of it... but "dying is always easy; living, now that is the trick"... the trick is to somehow get it back... especially if it's your creativity before you bring your lack of it to Hollywood and use it to make a movie like X-Men 3.

JC knew what he was talking about when he said;

"Unless you are like one of these (children), you will never enter the kingdom of heaven."

I think the same rules apply down here as well. Forget for a second that children are AS selfish, unbending, incredibly self-seeking, and ridiculously self-centered AS people that have lived on their own for too long. And remember that they are still curious, creative, shameless individuals that try to experience life, and most especially, they enjoy even the smallest things...

So now you have the chance to get the best of both worlds. The selflessness that comes with maturing as other people take you out of yourself. And all the best parts of who you used to be, if you can ever get it back again...

So how do you get it back?

I think you know for yourself at least...