Today’s writing prompt asks what principles define how you live. I wouldn’t say I necessarily have many principals – but I have coping mechanisms.
I don’t tend to look back, and I don’t tend to panic too much about what might be. Sure, I might have the occasional falling down moment, as anybody else does – tilting at the many windmills of the world – but on the whole I look forward. I deal with the next thing, and then the next.
I don’t have many dreams. No big plans. I’m happiest when I get to tomorrow more or less unscathed, and without disappointing too many people along the way.
I never set out to “meet a girl”, never set out to bring up three daughters, and never planned to become a software and web developer – it all just kind of happened along the way.
The only real down-side to taking the quiet path is that you’re easily taken advantage of. The climbers of this world won’t think twice before standing on your head to continue their relentless pursuit of wherever they think they need to be.
While drifting along, not really finding my way, I’m fortunate to have crossed paths with a few kindred spirits along the way. Islands in our respective streams. I think you know who you are. I hope you realise how valued you are.