ryan - b l o g

I was doing some thinking today and I came to the realization that we are all in a mist, whether we'd like to admit it or not. One can only see so far ahead in life at any given time, and even then our future is uncertain. What is closer seems clearer, but we can only see so far. You don't know what's going to happen in ten years, five years, or even tomorrow. You don't even know what's going to happen in five seconds. "But Ryan," you may say, "I'll still be reading your wonderful blog post in five seconds." Yes, you probably will, in fact you still are, but you don't know what was going to happen. Someone could have come into your room, you could have suddenly had to go to the bathroom, or an alien could have abducted you. How far we can see into the future is much like how far we can see into a mist.
If you only look ahead of you and ignore where you are today, this hour, this second, you will trip and fall. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't plan for the future, but you certainly shouldn't forget to look at the present. Don't reach for that which you can not see.