Mind your step

How many times have you heard phrases in a conversation that have made you want to run in the opposite direction, because the words reeked of idiocy? How many times have you had to stand there and listen to a bunch of words that hold absolutely no meaning to the speaker, and yet they are uttered in an almost mechanical fashion?

I feel this every time I hear the sentences - 'Life is short. You could get hit by a truck tomorrow. Do what you want to do.' I feel that these words can only be spoken by a person who has not lived up to a shred of responsibility in life!! A person who pretends that bad decisions can be masked over by cliched sentences!! Is this what happens when you let the heart dominate the mind? Do you start to believe that of all the people crossing the road tomorrow morning, you shall be singled out by GOD to be run down by a truck, and that you must make that irresponsible decision right away? I have heard people use these lines before smoking a joint, driving at crazy speeds, picking up a prostitute, to stop studying, to work less, casual sex and I could go on and on.

Let me tell you what really happens tomorrow morning. Life is fucking long! Unless you happen to live in Greenland, Iraq, North Korea, Sudan or Somalia, chances are that you will live to a ripe old age of over 50. The truck that's out there looking to run you down - it ain't coming!! Unless you get high enough to take a stroll down the highway and get creative with your hand gestures towards the passing truck drivers.

So every decision that you will take, you will live to regret in all probability. You are not going to pass away and not be held responsible for the miserable situation that the people around you are in. And even if you do pass away, you are still going to be held responsible for what you did. Of course, I am not saying anything that any logical person who gives precedence to the superior mind over the juvenile heart wouldn't know. The heart is weak. The heart is an god-damn escapist who hates long-term accountabilities. The heart is a pathetic loser, like the drunk fool who got run down by a truck.

So the next time someone says that 'Life is short...blah blah', I am going to punch the person in the chest.