Unstrung Thoughts

Ok.. so maybe not everyday... eyaah....

I want to talk about things that you think about. I want to talk about things that go through my head, sometimes coffee-triggered, or otherwise silent moments. Writing here is like talking about things. Having conversations with my computer screen when nobody interesting is around. Sometimes updating is hard to do because I'm so distracted. In general I have become kind of distracted. Kind of fedup with making decisions so I just let things be and go with the flow.

What has been on my mind today in particular, is the thought of becoming the best at something. What does it take to become a Ronaldo, or a LeBron, or a Federer. What does it take to become a Steve Vai... Thinking about that journey is quite perplexing. It takes hundreds of thousands of people to try before a Federer is made. Hundreds of thousands of people whose stories go unheard and unnoticed. Each believing that they have a chance to be the best. Three percent of high school students in America get to play college basketball. Out of those three percent, less than one percent go on to become successful professional athletes. If ever there was a tough sell, that would be one.

I guess it's numbers like those that scare us from making bold choices. So many times we joke about doing outlandish things like building a chocolate factory or living on a vineyard, and then we return to this "inlandish" living.

This post is taking me time. Watched an episode of House in between. It was about relationships. I think I liked it a lot. I might take some time to think about it for a while. So for now this post ends here. Unstrung thoughts in a couple of paragraphs. Like it for what it is.