Opportunity

Every day we are faced with opportunities, both moral and immoral. The majority of the time we do not even pursue it, either because we have not noticed the opportunity or it does not interest us at the time. The thing with opportunities is that we often never get the chance to accept it again. It's like the last piece of cake. You see it, and you have to make the choice whether to take it or pass it bye. Often, if you do not take it, then somebody else will.

Such an opportunity, if chosen, can eventually come to define everything about you. However, this is not always a good thing. Like I mentioned earlier, there are both moral and immoral opportunities. Thus, it could potentially define you as a man of morality, responsibility, and leadership. Or it may corrupt you. It could turn you into an infamous man whose selfish ambitions and evil deeds are recorded in history for every generation to read and grow to hate.

I believe every notable person in history was given such an opportunity. Unlike us, the unremembered masses of earth, they noticed the opportunity and embraced it. For some, such as Hitler and Stalin, the opportunity was given to lead. Unfortunately, they abused their power and now they are two of the most hated figures in history. For others, such as George Washington or Mahatma Gandhi, the same opportunity to lead was given. However, instead of enslaving their people and leading through tyranny and fear, they chose to give freedom and responsibility to their subjects. They decided to lead with wisdom, with morality, with honesty.

So when an opportunity arises, think through things first. Will accepting this opportunity eventually give you a good reputation, or a bad one? Case in point, recognize the opportunity, determine its outcomes, and make your decision.

Reputation

Reputation is like glass. Someone can take a swing at it and leave it shattered in pieces, or they can walk away with broken fist. Build your reputation strong people, or one day you may have none of it left.

Distractions

Why try? We dream of the future, but our dreams never come true. We have all these expectations for our lives, but very few of them are ever accomplished. We set goals for ourselves, but how many of them do we meet? And if we are able to get what we thought we wanted out of life, we then realize this is no longer what we want. Its like no matter what we do, nothing satifies us, nothing completes us, nothing fufills us. We seek after entertainment, constantly shifting from one thing to another. Its as if we think this new thing will entertain us more than the last, but isn't that what you thought about they last thing also? Whats the point?
The sad thing is, I know what the answer to these question is. I know what will satisfy me, what will make me whole. I know what I must do to obtain this contentment, but the very things I am trying to use to fufill myself are the things that distract me from true fufillment. Its like entertainment and dreams are a drug. They fufill you for now, making you high on temporary happyness and wishful thinking. But they wear off and fade away, leaving you feeling emptier than you ever were before. I know that it is He who can fufill me, sustain me, make me whole. But I continuously refuse to let Him take control of my life. I'm constantly distracted by empty entertainment and desires, forgetting what the true answer to all my emptyness is. I must truely be insane, knowing the answer but refusing to acknowledge and embrace it. Ive struggled with this for years, never being able to win the battle against my selfish pitiful desires. Its a battle, and I see a chance of winning it, but its a very small chance. I can't do it on my own. I've tried, I've failed, and I will always fail... unless He helps me.

Chaos

We plan. We plot. We pursue our dreams, thinking we can control every little thing. We deceived ourselves with this false security, believing we can achieve equality, unity, purity. Truth is, Order is a lie. People never get along, we just fight, struggle, die. People always complain that life isn't fair, well it isn't you idiots, as long as Order's here. Order is just one man's agenda, his shallow power displayed. But Order never lasts for long, every day it fades away. Chaos is the answer, its the only thing that lasts. Its here today, it'll be there in the future, and sure as hell was there in the past. You can't control it, you can't corrupt it, you can't evade it, you can't pursuit it. Its unstoppable, unpredictable, unbiased, unexplainable. Its equal, its a random, its a freakin phenomenon. No matter what you construct or organize, I guarantee you it'll erode away before your very eyes. The earth is home to Chaos, it was here in the beginning, and will be here in the end. If you don't believe me... Well then screw you. Lol jk. But you thought I was going to end this with more rhyming and epicness didnt you? Lol, Naw. Thats too predictable. You can't predict Chaos people.