As I was randomly going through Pinterest the other day I came across this sketch, which is actually a quote, and it doesn't matter who wrote it besides the fact that it's not that great of a quote.
But it evoked a lot of thoughts that have been going on in my mind recently, about what a person should really go through in order to build a strong personality and become someone of true importance.
We were invited the other day to the graduation party of a son of one of my dad's close friends.
This friend of his had a brother who went to the same school as I am. An old man, born in 1938, I found out later that he used to be a Civil engineer.
After all the guests, except for dad and I, left, we sat down, with the close friend listening to the stories of the old brother.
I'm not used to socializing a lot, and I've never actually been part of a lot of real life conversations, but I listened as he talked about all the places he went and all that he had been through, and what he is now and it was quite the story of a man who had launched himself fully into the world with all it's messiness and roughness, and embraced all that he faced and defied it.
As we went back home I thought of the similarities he had with my late grandfather, who had also traveled even more than this guy and had done much more, and it seemed to me that if I really want to be a great man, I'd have to take a lot of risks in life and face a lot of my fears. That's the only way to fulfill the incessant "Urge to reach my full potential".
Inevitable.
One thing I've always believed in though, is that the universe, or God, or whatever people would set as a higher force that drives all of this, never fails to reward someone who takes such risks and faces their fears in life. I know it for a fact.
How will I start my own "series of unfortunate events" up to greatness? I don't know; I'm a little intimidated by it, but like everything in life, I know it'll be alright, because we have each other, and at the end of the day, as we look back to what we did, whether it's good or bad, it'll be alright, because we'll be each other's comfort.
Yours,
Pierre.
