I'm reminded every once in a while that people aren't always as bad as I imagine them to be.

In fact, some are quite decent.

Take for example, yesterday. A co-worker of mine landed a huge sale at my place of employ. Good for her! I was happy for her, and while jealous, was not so much jealous of what she was receiving so much as I was of the particular skill set she possesses that landed her such a deal. And then what did she do?

She turned around and shared her accomplishment with the rest of the employees.

I hope that I can say I would have done the same. I'd like to think that I would! I don't know if I've ever been in that particular situation though, so it's difficult to say.

I deal with hypothetical situations every day. That's what I do. When I really get going, I start stringing a bunch of them together until they form one giant hypothetical, in which hypothetical people make hypothetical choices that hypothetically affect the world and the people around them.

Hypothetically.

I've always wondered if we spend too much time wondering, though. Consideration and taking action need to be present in equal parts. If you ponder too often or think about something too much, you're usually left beating a dead horse and wondering why in the hell the rest of your posse seem to have left you behind. If you act rashly, or with too little forethought however, you're a bull in a China shop, and nobody wants to spend any considerable amount of time with you, because there's just too much chance of them getting sucked into that hurricane themselves.

Connecting with others is important. And being able to look back at your choices yourself and respect them later on is in large part connected to how those others perceive us.

We are not here to please the world, but rather, contribute to it. We can neither simply exist, nor try to take the reigns of the whole thing into our own hands. There is a fragile balance we must maintain, always.

And you can always tell when you fall out of whack.

On an unrelated note, there's also apparently a balance between espousing opinions on one's blog and rambling late at night when you should be going to bed.

Hmm.

-Ryan