Curiosity

It's curious what will finally inspire you to create a blog.  

Mine came from the best advice/ life saying all year; a homeless man said to me: "there is only forward, never straight (forward)." 

At first I laughed at what he said, then it seemed to really ring true to life; and I thought about how all he can do and ever had done is move forward with his actions and decisions.  That our paths are never as simple as straight in one direction.  In fact, you can't hardly go from point A to point B in the car or on foot in a straight line.  There are so many obstacles, small or large that will discourage you, or make it impossible to move straight forward. 

 So, I think we need to embrace living life in a curvy way forward, accepting from the beginning that the path will not be a perfectly straight line, and that if it was we might be bored to tears and feel robotic.  We are humans, after all, not computers.

In other words, get your ears wet, roll your sleeves up, take the scenic route, etc, etc. 

Funny how there are so many expressions for this exact phrase or feeling.  Not funny in a ha-ha way, not even funny in an ironic way, but funny in a curious way.  

I guess it's not important that it's been said before, but that we are reminded of what has been said before.  If the homeless man had not said that to me, I might have forgotten to let loose a little.  Maybe it was only significant because it came out of an unexpectedly insightful interaction.  

Funny what catches your mind.