On being positive
the newest medical advice I read today
was talking about how if you're optimistic
statistically you'll live longer and be
generally healthier than the cynical self-obsessed
pain in the ass you fell in love with
I should be in great shape then.
I've always endeavored to have a
positive outlook,
no matter how much worse life seems to
fuck with me at least a little bit more
than most of the folks I know
(I'm a little close to the subject to lose my bias)
I mean, look –
there are those cold epiphanies where
you're like that godforsaken coyote that will
never catch the roadrunner.
Oblivious to the fact that
you ran off the side of a cliff a while ago
until you stop running and look down.
That's when you realize just
how devastating it's about to be
to no longer be grounded.
so you just hover there for a moment,
suspended
as if to be weightless
when slowly the truth hits you in an instant
and just as desperate futility sets in
the realization washes across your face that
your world has betrayed you
that you will never get the prize
or kiss the girl
and it's almost more bone-crushing than the impact
when you finally slam into the canyon floor
leaving nothing behind but
a hole
in the desert
shaped
like
you
.
I think he's got it all wrong.
I mean, look –
if the coyote had just an ounce
of the optimism and positive demeanor
that I possess,
he would have realized that he was
just fucking flying, man
and if he would only get out of his own head
and look what he had just accomplished,
I swear to God
he would never need to worry about falling.
the point I'm trying to point out is that
if he had again proven his ability
to defy the very laws of physics
just a second ago, then the only reason
he always eats shit afterward is because
he gave in to his own fear, and that makes him
just like everyone,
governed by common forces, and
oblivious to unexpected turns of events -
he ran off the side of a cliff a while ago
Maybe a more relevant example of being positive,
regardless of all there is and was,
I'm still quite positive
you aren't coming back
the newest medical advice I read today
was talking about how if you're optimistic
statistically you'll live longer and be
generally healthier than the cynical self-obsessed
pain in the ass you fell in love with
I should be in great shape then.
I've always endeavored to have a
positive outlook,
no matter how much worse life seems to
fuck with me at least a little bit more
than most of the folks I know
(I'm a little close to the subject to lose my bias)
I mean, look –
there are those cold epiphanies where
you're like that godforsaken coyote that will
never catch the roadrunner.
Oblivious to the fact that
you ran off the side of a cliff a while ago
until you stop running and look down.
That's when you realize just
how devastating it's about to be
to no longer be grounded.
so you just hover there for a moment,
suspended
as if to be weightless
when slowly the truth hits you in an instant
and just as desperate futility sets in
the realization washes across your face that
your world has betrayed you
that you will never get the prize
or kiss the girl
and it's almost more bone-crushing than the impact
when you finally slam into the canyon floor
leaving nothing behind but
a hole
in the desert
shaped
like
you
.
I think he's got it all wrong.
I mean, look –
if the coyote had just an ounce
of the optimism and positive demeanor
that I possess,
he would have realized that he was
just fucking flying, man
and if he would only get out of his own head
and look what he had just accomplished,
I swear to God
he would never need to worry about falling.
the point I'm trying to point out is that
if he had again proven his ability
to defy the very laws of physics
just a second ago, then the only reason
he always eats shit afterward is because
he gave in to his own fear, and that makes him
just like everyone,
governed by common forces, and
oblivious to unexpected turns of events -
he ran off the side of a cliff a while ago
Maybe a more relevant example of being positive,
regardless of all there is and was,
I'm still quite positive
you aren't coming back