Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay

"watching the tide roll away ... wasting time ... nothin's gonna change ... everything still remains the same"

When it comes to priorities, each to their own ...

Every person has their own idea on what they find important ... how they set their goals in life and why they believe the goals they have set must be achieved ... their perception of right and wrong, normal and abnormal ...

Personal achievements can be based on so many different things ...

Outside influence, past experience, learning from mistakes, self esteem, shame, pride, love, hate, jealousy, feelings of inadequacy, ego, determination, passion, skill ... just to name a few, any of these elements can shape how one will approach in achieving their goal ...

The goal itself ... Hmmm ... There are so many different factors that could contribute to how someone measures their own success therefore setting out to achieve what they perceive as relative ...

*Success* ... *Successful* ... The majority of society base success on monetary value ... If you have made a fortune you are automatically branded as successful ... If you have built an "empire" ... climbed the Corporate ladder ... make the *social pages* regularly ... made *front page* news ...

The dictionary's first meaning of the word success ... "the favourable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavours"

So many of us push to achieve these riches ... We strive for success ... We desire it so badly; although we aren't entirely sure of what it is ... You see it all around you, everyday ... When society measure success in those terms of course you're inclined to put all your focus into achieving this *success* ... have a family (dog included) ... buy a car ... buy a house ... get a promotion ... buy a holiday house ... a boat ... a sports car ... ski trips in Aspen ... keeping up with the Jones' ... buying out the Jones' ... employing the Jones'! ...

When you have been exposed to so much of the dark side of life your view of the world changes ... you can't help but see things in a different perspective ...

Success no longer drives you towards the *white picket fence* ...

The flood gates are forced open ... as a result your values change ... your perception of what success really is ... what to truly value becomes clear ... the fire is set alight to pursue what you now want to achieve, no matter how "small" your goals appear to others ... the things you may have once considered to be of importance, that which held utmost significance in your life, now somewhat trivialised by this sequence of events ...

Like an endless string of dominoes ... the first piece in the puzzle falls ... the rest to assuredly follow ... one by one falling in an unstoppable sequence of beautiful mayhem ... they continue to fall ... gradually showing more and more ... moving closer ... ever revealing the bigger picture ...

From the first moment you looked upon the world in this new coloured light, you knew your outlook would be forever tinted in this hue ...

No longer the pressure to achieve goals that are meaningless and impassionate ...

No longer chasing a mirage of satisfaction ...

No longer climbing towards an illusion of what the majority consider important achievements ...

Now, not only do you have sight ...

You can finally see ...