Speculators

TODAY'S QUOTE:
"A speculator is a man who observes the future and acts before it occurs.".... Bernard M. Baruch, 1870-1965, American Financier and Statesman

A speculator is someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains. I guess in every way that really matters, I fit into that category. Gamblers will wager their last dime for fortunes sake. The roll of the dice or the flip of the cards only takes a moment, and in that brief slice of time lives are in the balance.

I don't have the stomach for placing my livelihood into Lady Lucks hands, just the very thought gives me chills. I risk nothing material, yet wager all that I have for the sake of an emotional windfall. In my own way I hit the jackpot finally. It took more guts than I realized I even possessed... it's been a very wild ride, indeed. And I'd do it all again in a heart-beat to have what I have now.

Love sometimes demands that we crawl out on the tiniest of branches. And it makes us quite desperate with hope that the person we love isn't armed with evil intent and a sharp saw. Free-falling in that fashion is brutal. I know well the agony of laying prone because I put my faith in the wrong person. I 'spect many who read here share similar experiences.

Some people shrivel up emotionally and grow bitter after their very first unexpected tumble and sudden stop. Fear keeps them forevermore out of trees, off of limbs, and away from saw-blades. Other's erect thick walls to keep people out as a way to feel safe. Prisons as sturdy as any built with stone and barbed-wire are jails for souls forever punished by being cell-mate to the pain that incarcerated them in the first place.

One person may try to blend into the scenery, while another seeks attention; even negative stroking seems better than none in some people's twisted estimation. Most acting out is simply pain struggling for some sort of relief. I often wonder why I didn't adopt all of these symptoms, I've certainly had enough reasons. I've had more than my fair share of momentary binges, but none of them suited me for the long run.

It's the future that I staked all or nothing against. But I never lost sight of the possibility of losing; it was and still is the trying that matters most. Invest in yourself somehow, but don't forget what's at stake. Decide that what if's aren't the legacy you want to be imprisoned inside of during your golden years.

If you have walls, tear them down. If you're in prison, storm the gates. If you blend in, try standing out. If you're acting out channel that energy into something worth while. And as always.... think about it.... let it ride.... then YOU decide!!!!