Then you make it to college, you come in and you see all the seniors who know exactly what they are gonna do after graduation. Then you become a senior and you say to yourself, "Those people had no idea what they were doing. I have no idea what I'm doing." Nobody knows what they are doing because they haven't figured it out yet.
I have been working on my senior speech recently. We were all given the topic of shame. Then you tweak it a little bit and decide how you want to talk about shame. I think that shame drives culture. It is a fear that is always in the back of your mind. What if I fail? Will I be shamed? I don't think we should take shame so seriously. So what if you failed. At least you tried.
Teddy Roosevelt
once gave an amazing speech discussing the importance of doing. Its not about what the haters think. It is about the quest. You and I both know what we have to do.
Here is an Excerpt from the famous speech. "The Man in the Arena."
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
You can't do things to please people. You got
to do them for you.
People are gonna think a lot of things about
what you do.
A perfect example of the is in the the TV show- Community's pilot episode.
Harold Ramis recently passed away. Second City gave tribute to the magic he gave the world. Harold knew what mattered. He started by just doing what he loved and he kept doing it.
I watched Caddyshack in his honor on Sunday!
Carl Spackler aka Bill Murray
Landing the Plane
Ramis offers some good advice.
"Lets never take a job we don't like. Only take jobs where you can learn or purely have fun." It's pretty solid advice it terms of satisfaction."
In another conversation with a Rabbi
"The things that we really need- are the things that nurture our souls. Start each day with a note in each pocket. One note says the world was created just for me today. The other notes says I'm a speck of dust in a meaningless universe. Keep them both, neither are true and both are true.
There is no reason not to assume that the world is your playground, but I think Ramis would agree that humility is key. Everything won't go your way, but you might as well have some fun while you have the chance.
