realizations.

i noticed that most of my friends and i grew up as cynics...
we're constantly being told that things don't last,
like marriages.
why would i bring this glum subject up?
to make a long story short,
when a person we knew very little of showed up without his wife we immediately assumed that they got divorced.
turns out they're still very happily married,
in fact the reason why she wasn't there was because she was at home taking care of the baby.

the truth is,
many of us grew up with both of our parents married and still loving each other everyday...
(though my dad is in and out of my life i know my parents still have love for each other)
we don't realize what's in front of us sometimes,
instead we listen to what other people say,
what statistics say.
we see these examples in front of us and we automatically justify that it happens all the time,
"correlation doesn't mean causation."- Professor Knapp (my psych professor)
we have no faith in ourselves and our own relationships,
if we keep telling ourselves things won't work out,
it simply won't because we're not striving anymore.

what i'm trying to get at is,
this doesn't just happen in marriages,
i see this happening in every day life...
in my life.
i listen to what other people say,
i have all the statistics,
and i see all the people still chasing there dreams at 77 but getting nowhere.
i get scared and i start to fear my own dreams,
but i just want to tell myself.
don't be scared,
cause i bet those 77 year olds are happier than all the other sell outs who were scared of there own dreams.