at some point we all fall. whether it be a nation or a man, the ability to stay on top is a fallacy. as soon as the politicians start waxing on about a greatness of yesterday, when you hear people discussing their past accomplishments, you can see their future fading. to spend time dwelling on the past and rewarding ourselves with progress made are signs that there is little in tomorrow. for if a bright future awaits and a day of fulfillment is upon us then we have little time or interest to bother with the past.

its one or the other, we cannot have both. we choose either then or now, tomorrow or today, paring our progress in piles of past/future/present accomplishments that we alone judge. we pretend the others matter, knowing better that themselves are also looking inward, caring little for what tragedies or accomplishments we have made. we think that the eyes are on us, that being judged or fitting in is a matter of importance but this is simply one of the many layers we must peel away. one of the myriad of tricks being played out right before our eyes that we know to be false but believe in none the less. one of the many things holding us up from our glorious finishing line awaiting.

as one fails, it is best to try to enjoy it. to see the chances left for others to succeed, to realize you will find it on another day, to accept it. for on the surface we tend to like to watch others fall, in particular the ones closest to us in this race, but this is the wrong way to look at it. and it can be carried on further, to enjoy the money made when yours is spent, the opportunities created when we do not take them, the loving moments others get when we are not there to share them. this is one side we all should see. we should relish. we should imagine in the quest for a better now.