Why Bother With Something Not Good Just Because It's Something?

During my large amounts of alone time the last couple of weeks, I have been watching lots of reruns on Veronica Mars, one of my favorite tv shows ever, which I was very sad they canceled after only 3 seasons. Anyway, the subject of this note is a line from Veronica Mars and is one of the many quotes that has stuck out in my mind lately.

We all have things we long for and voids in our heart we seek to fill. And sometimes we get so caught up in finding these things that we take the first thing that comes our way and lose focus of what it is we really are longing for. We may say to ourselves that we will spend time with this not-so-great thing until something better comes along. But we may soon find ourselves so caught up in this intermediate thing that when something better comes along we don’t realize it, or if we find something better, we realize that pursuing it, thus leaving behind and being unfair to the thing we used to just pass the time. Some people don’t even recognize the difference between what is good and not good. Is it better to be oblivious to that and probably be more content with life or to know what is good for you but don’t/can’t have?

Then there’s this other quote to live “like you were dying”, which to me means not to hold back anything. You only get one life so you better make the most of it. Maybe it’s just my interpretation but making the most of life means doing what seems fun right away – not waiting around for anything or anyone.

So is it better to have something not good than to have nothing? Does having something not good instead of nothing diminish the chances of finding something good later on? Does one or the other cause one to lower his/her standards and possibly lead to settling for something not good?

Introduction

At the young age of 24, I have traveled the world a great deal. By the time I was 15 I had been to 48 of the stated in the USA and over 20 countries. My country count is now around 30 and Alaska and Oregon are still left as the 2 states I have yet to visit. And I have lived in Georgia my whole life.

I'm starting this blog as a way to share some of my experiences, currently, as well as some of the more interesting adventures I have had in the past, from seeing the Berlin Wall shortly after it fell to going paragliding in Switzerland to visiting the coral beaches of the Philippines to the wineries in Napa, CA.

I've decided to write about my life experiences and relationship issues in an abstrct way as well, importing some old posts from my old xanga site to consolidate things. I have another blog, bridgemaniacs.blogspot.com for those of you who want to read about bridge.