I came across this post some time ago, and planed on answering them as a part of my self-discover journey last year, which fell on the back burner. Well since I am now taking that Journey, and attempting to blog more. I decided to post my answers here to be accountable, to ensure that I actually answer the questions.
1) How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?
Right Now, I still like I am 21 years old. At times I forget I am actually a couple of years off thirty. I feel young, with so many years ahead of me.
2) Which is worse, failing or never trying?
My answer to this is going to be such a contradiction, because I believe that never trying is worse than failing. But I one of those people who will not try unless they know it will be 100 percent successfully. This is somewhere I need to BE MORE MINDFUL, and just attempt to do things no matter what is going to happened.
3) If life is so short, why do we do so many things we don’t like and like so many things we don’t do?
I think it is because of the cycle, of what we think life should be and what life is actually. Society has a way in presents itself, and what we should be, so in the even end of search of happiness we are trying to fit into what society wants us to be and who we want to be. In the end there is not enough time, not enough money so we get stuck in the cycle, of working to pay the bill and saying tomorrow we will do what we love. I guess at the end of the day it becomes about balance, we are never going to have all the time in the world to everything we dream off. That why they are dreams, but we should still dream, because we can still find moments to do the things we love in between those mundane aspects we all need to fulfil to make the cycle work.
4) When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
Oh yes, unfortunately I will have said more than I have done, basically only because I have a BIG MOUTH, I cannot keep it shut. This is another thing I need to BE MORE MINDFUL off. Another aspect of this is that no matter how hard we try there will be always something left undone, we all have good intentions but we all tend to say we are going to do something, and never get around to it. I think this goes back to those "Dreams", we should have those intentions, we should aim to get thing done but it okay we don't do it all, as long as we do something. As long as you can look back and look back and say hey, look what I did, it may not be as impressive as the next person but I still achieved something.
5) What is the one thing you’d most like to change about the world?
The amount we waste. I look at what people throw out, I look at how much food we waste in western society, and then I see people starving in African Countries. I see people buying their children new toys every day, I see people buying new things today not because THEY NEED but because they want. I am too, guilty of this. Our society has become a society of Want, want, where we pick up a new toy each day and spit it out the next. We don't buy things because we need them but because we think it will make us something we are not. If people were more aware of this, the world would be a better place over all.
