Monday, February 18, 2008

Oyster Wings

“The world is your oyster;” I’ve heard (and used) this saying quite frequently (and even more so recently). But what in the world does my world have to do with an oyster? I don’t even eat seafood! So with the help of my dear friend, Mr. Google, I learned of its true origin and meaning. Basically, “oysters produce pearls, objects of great value. Once you have the oyster, it gives up the pearl without much of a fight.” Hence, if the world is your oyster then it’s a place where you can get something of great value with ease.

Frankly speaking, nothing of great value in this world ever comes with great ease. Often times when we really want something – like really-genuinely-deeply want something, to the point where you begin to plan your life around it, if it were to come true – you take a leap. You leap and hope you can fly, because otherwise you just drop like a rock, wondering the whole way down, why in the hell did you jump? But the only thing that makes you feel like you can fly is the very thing that gave you the wings in the first place.

And sometimes you will stumble and fall, but you dust it off and try again. You can perceive yourself as either a failure the first time around, or determined the second time around… but despite how you see the circumstances, the circumstances in itself are an opportunity to turn things around. The fact of the matter is… you never know which way the wind will blow… you just have to be prepared to fly.

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