Reality cannot be avoided. It is a law like gravity, acceleration or slowing down. Reality can be controlled, but it cannot be avoided in any way. There are times that I would love to change the law to suit what I am trying to do, purely. I know, reality is unavoidable as the paper clip falling on the table under normal gravitational conditions on earth. That is all I can start this article with.
Every person has a reality in life I mentioned above, where they cannot win or lose, they just have to go with it. Also, the miracle does not happen and the Red Sea does not part, also. To quote nineteenth century financier Jay Gould on this phenomena: “The perfect speculator, the perfect gambler, if you will, must know when to come in; more important, he must know when to stay out; and most important, he must know when to get out once he is in.” Success in a totally realistic situation only comes through the phenomena in that quote and in not any other way. Trying to get what you want through “genuinely” cheating is always ultimately disappointing at some level. The real shortcut methods come through going through it consciously and looking for genuine better ways through by working at it, not cheating. Persistence and perseverance are usually the only ways through is what I am indeed putting forth, all else cheats you deeply at personal levels.
Runner Marion Jones realized this after she used performance enhancing drugs and “sold her soul” to “win everything”. Same with bicyclist Lance Armstrong. My point? Nobody genuinely has an easy scheme without “genuinely” cheating somehow and even when “successful”, it will catch up with you like a very bad episode of the “Columbo” detective television Mystery Movie series in the late twentieth century. In short, “the way out” is the way into the ultimate trouble you cannot escape. But, the way to a real solution comes down to admitting reality fully and working with it instead of trying to cheat reality, and get away with it for a while. So, I nearly end this article with another quote by Jay Gould about Wall Street: “No man can control Wall Street. Wall Street is like an ocean, full of eddies and currents. The thing to do is to watch them, to exercise a little common sense, and on the wane of speculation to come in on the top.” and I paraphrase that quote with a more applicable meaning to this article: “No person can control reality. Reality is like an ocean, full of eddies and currents. The thing to do is watch them, to exercise a little common sense, and on the wane of work or speculation to come in on the top.” That is how I look at it genuinely and always. No miracles here. Just conscious understanding, remembering myself, remembering my limitations, and working honestly at it all. This is the floor, walls and the ceiling. The house of it all, for me.
