"It is not the ctitic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done 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 and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat."

~Theodore Roosevelt

Friday, April 15, 2011

This Problem...

~He who fails to plan, plans to fail.
~Proverb quotes

I have this problem. I like to know things. I like to know what's going on and what's going to happen. Exactly what's going to happen.

There are many things in my life that I see are teaching me to be more flexible. My sophomore year of high school I had a carpool to dance three days a week. We were on time maybe 25% of the time. I would sit in the backseat anxious to get there-especially because I still had to change into my leotard and put on my pointe shoes most of the time. But I was a little more okay with being ten minutes late by the end of the year. This was also the carpool that got me into country music.

I have a to do list. As anyone who knows me would know. I have several calenders and I plan everything out. When I plan something I stress over all the little details. I was an FHE group leader last year and learned further to let some things go.

But now I still struggle. I have a spontaneous boyfriend-which I love, but sometimes it kills me not to know plans. And other specific situations that I probably shouldn't share over the internet-that I am having a hard time planning my life around. Things I never know-yes or no-about. I know, let's just be vague today, but that's the way it is.
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