Its kinda funny how sometimes in a particular moment... a little voice inside your head goes... ohhhhh bad idea.... this is so gonna happen...
but you ignore it... thinking... i'm being careful.. and then whoops...
and the little voice inside your head spits out something useful, like: i told you so......moron

i had one of those moments the other day. I was cutting a pear and i couldn't be bothered getting out the chopping board. so, i did it the insanely stupidly moronic way. held the pear in my hand, whilst cutting not away from my hand... but towards it... (uhhuh... a profoundly intelligent idea... but what can i say... i have my moments) and the little voice inside my head pipes up... uh uh... bad idea... but: the oh-so-confident-self rationalizes... nah... i'm being careful...if i'm aware of the risk... it won't happen...

and the little voice inside my head retreats, muttering to itself: fool... just you wait...
so, whilst cutting... my brother distracts me...the knife slips... and i slice my hand. and of course... the little voice inside my head does a little dance whilst singing oh-so-loudly i told you so... i told you so... HA!

Don't worry... i have a point to all this... and it isn't that i'm losing my mind hearing 'voices'. and it probably isn't so simplistic as: moral of the story? listen to the voice inside your head.

in our lives, actions that we commit, things that we say and even in the relationships that we may have, i think that at some point... theres a niggling feeling that the decisions we are making (and they may seem to be trivial at the time) are going to lead to a whoopsies moment. a stupid choice like not using a chopping board and slicing your hand. saying something like... i'm never gonna join facebook.... and then couple of weeks down the track... having to swallow your pride. or... perhaps... knowing that the person isn't the right one... if anything, they are so bad for you... but opening yourself up anyway to hurt or disappointment.and really... there are moments when you think that being aware of the risk is enough. that by knowing the risks, you'll be able to avoid it. haha perhaps sometimes this may be the case... but we aren't impervious to distractions, or making mistakes. haha sometimes... if you see the risk... its best to run in the opposite direction. but then again... sometimes like a child who touches the hot stove, we learn to respect the flame. It could have been avoided. but... you'll recover.

its life.
you live.

Labels: observations, ramblings

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