Day 57 Quote 9: There was an old owl lived in an oak...

Quote 9: There was an old owl lived in an oak, the more he heard, the less he spoke; the less he spoke, the more he heard. O, if men were like that wise old bird.

– Punch

People tend to be caught up in the bustles of life. In work for instance, we are caught up in it sometimes to the point of extending our work on the weekends. We focus too much on it that we tend to lose out on the other things such as family and friends.

Life is complicated. You work to live but you can’t live because you have to keep on working to live. It’s ironic. We live in this earth and we die. Time passes by so quickly. It’s true when they say that it seemed only yesterday when we were crawling in our diapers and learning our ABCs.

In the rush of things, it’s easy to get lost. Just in the past year alone, I got lost several times – whether it be about my work or personal life. A new friend of mine introduced me to the idea of “mental masturbation.” And yes, I guess, I’m infected by that. I think a lot - especially on the things outside my scope. I guess I believe that we were all given a brain to use it. We shouldn’t have been given a brain in the first place if we weren’t going to use it.

Thinking is fun.

But, I just recently realized that sometimes, you can’t always think. When you think too much, you tend to miss out on the other things.

Like a horse running in the race, when you have those blinders on…yes, you can focus into winning the race. But, what about the bigger picture? What about the race itself?

There are times when it's better to just sit back and relax. Those are the moments when you get to enjoy the view. When you tend to just let everything out and feel vulnerable. Let life control you instead of you controlling life.

Just stay silent and listen to what’s happening around you. Great things come in the most unexpected ways.

Don’t force things to happen; allow things to happen on their own.