What is a carefree life? Is it one where you have no commitments except to yourself? No parents to ‘report’ to, no siblings to track. Is being care-free about the relationships that one forges, that one must strive to honour through passing time?
If that is so, any contact with another being is a relationship forged. It could be one of recognition, one of trust or something much deeper. No matter where you go, these possibilities will assail you, popping up at the least expected points.
There’s yet another angle, one where you have the backing of family and, possibly, friends. Step out in to the world, blasé and care-free; ‘cause you know you’ve got them to hold you if you fall. You are alone, yet you have company.
It’s cliché but so true, the grass is greener on the other side. When you get there, you see the patches of what was once your side; see the bits that you did not finish and the ones that you’ll miss the most.
It’s always like that I suppose. Life’s like a patchwork quilt, the best pieces look so good ‘cause the duller ones help them stand out. At the end of the day, it’s all about relativity and what you got as opposed to what you expected. If things are going your way, you’d never think to complain. It’s when they’re not that you start looking for that elusive green field on the other side.
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The story of my life. :)
I can't lie though, the grass IS greener on the other side (no mirage) but it's also a whole new world altogether.
But that 'time' will come more than once in every person's life. You only have to decide whether it's an opportunity or a disaster.
It's the obvious optimist vs pessimist balance
(although I don't get how they balance anything - The pessimist brings one side of the balance down and the optimist lifts the other side up. :-S)
I apologise if all that sounded very retarded.
There is this song my Joan Baez: Me and Bobby McGee: there are these lines in that song: "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose"
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