eclectic thoughts

In times of peace children bury their fathers and in time of war fathers bury their children, a simple phrase with a deep sentiment.  In our lives isn't it true that when conflict and calamity arise our the new things in our lives are the first to go, our hopes and our dreams slide through our fingers as putty while those dreams of old and old habits creep back to the forefront.  How many well thought out dreams and ideas have been lost because of circumstance that would have if given the time and effort to mature changed their lives or even all of our lives.  Good seeds which if given the proper care and nurturing would have turned into large trees which fed and shaded both their creators and others alike.  It is thoughts like these that give me pause and make me wonder how much of the world I myself could have changed if I had followed through  and given the proper effort where that proper effort was due.  Life would be great if we could all go to some alchemist who would use his mortar and pestle  to concoct a potion that would allow us to have the proper motivation to pursue our goals and to stand in and stand up for those things which we let fall by the wayside because of our own pessimism and doubt. "Carpe Diem", drink your potion, do whatever you must do to make these dreams and ideas come to fruition, because time does not come in a bottle and neither does motivation.

"The leaf that slowly lands on the pond leaves few ripples, while the rock thrown into the pond makes ripples which can be felt on all corners of it."