Friday, March 7, 2014

A Little More Positive

"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs and maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is."

From "Factotum" - Charles Bukowski

1 comment:

  1. You must be drinking again. I knew it would be only a matter of time before you started drinking again. I can tell when you the drinking starts because your writing goes from real interesting to self-pity and a lot of whining. Grow up and join the human race. Look at what you have and learn to enjoy it!!!

    OR

    Maybe you should go, go all the way.

    Leave the job you hate so much, leave the wife, the kids and the cats that you say you love so much. And what will that do to their lives?

    You might find what you want. Then again, you might not.

    How much are you willing to sacrifice to try to find what you are looking for?!?!?

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