My life is just like this page. It starts blank, and as time passes more and more is added. Each sentence refines it, defines it. But just like the ink printed on the page, nothing can be undone. Once its there, its there forever. If only I was writing my life in pencil.
I always like to think of my life in terms of something else. After all, what is life but a journey to discover what life is? Sometimes my life is a movie. At times, I add the dramatic music in my head to really set the tone of each scene. I only regret that no matter how much I like the movie, I will be the only one who will ever see it.
Still, it really doesn't matter what my life is like. No matter what I think about it or believe about it, it will not change. I can change my attitude, and my opinions, but I can't change life. It, however, changes me every day. Today it inspired me to start writing an autobiography, and who knows what I'll be doing tomorrow?
I am a lucky person. I consider myself lucky because I have all of the needed tools to succeed. Many people have these tools; I just feel bad for the people who don't. I have a big set of interests, and it seems to grow daily. These interests help me to relax and stay (partially) sane. There is such a fine line between intelligence and insanity, and I fear I am right on it.
People consider me to be smart, and I appreciate that. However, this has created my biggest flaw: hubris. As a child, I was praised in school for being intelligent. This has led me to become very proud, and I give up at anything way too easily if I don't get admiration.
I want, more than anything else, to explain myself to the world without bragging, and without coming across as proud. I don't want people to think that I think I'm better than them. I'm not. Everyone is so different that no one can really be compared to anyone else. So I don't want people to think I have an inflated sense of self-importance, or am ignorant to the strengths of others. I only say this because I feel that many authors write in a way that comes across to me as selfish, and I hope I can avoid that myself.
With all of that information now disclosed, I begin my life story...
I always like to think of my life in terms of something else. After all, what is life but a journey to discover what life is? Sometimes my life is a movie. At times, I add the dramatic music in my head to really set the tone of each scene. I only regret that no matter how much I like the movie, I will be the only one who will ever see it.
Still, it really doesn't matter what my life is like. No matter what I think about it or believe about it, it will not change. I can change my attitude, and my opinions, but I can't change life. It, however, changes me every day. Today it inspired me to start writing an autobiography, and who knows what I'll be doing tomorrow?
I am a lucky person. I consider myself lucky because I have all of the needed tools to succeed. Many people have these tools; I just feel bad for the people who don't. I have a big set of interests, and it seems to grow daily. These interests help me to relax and stay (partially) sane. There is such a fine line between intelligence and insanity, and I fear I am right on it.
People consider me to be smart, and I appreciate that. However, this has created my biggest flaw: hubris. As a child, I was praised in school for being intelligent. This has led me to become very proud, and I give up at anything way too easily if I don't get admiration.
I want, more than anything else, to explain myself to the world without bragging, and without coming across as proud. I don't want people to think that I think I'm better than them. I'm not. Everyone is so different that no one can really be compared to anyone else. So I don't want people to think I have an inflated sense of self-importance, or am ignorant to the strengths of others. I only say this because I feel that many authors write in a way that comes across to me as selfish, and I hope I can avoid that myself.
With all of that information now disclosed, I begin my life story...
