Aug
2nd
2012
Happy birthday to me, and a thought or two · 3:30pm Aug 2nd, 2012
So, 20?
I'm not sure. Now that I'm officially out of my teens, I feel like I should grow up a little.
I've never ever repeated to anyone that I enjoy my little pony. And I don't think I ever will. And sometimes, you just need to stop doing something for it to become less engaging...
I admit it, season 1 was what really got me hooked. Season 2 was whatever. Everything since has just been hot air and bleh... Maybe it's time to move on?
Anyone else feel the same way?
" When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up"
-C. S. Lewis
No. Ponies are the meaning of life, man. Don't ever leave ponies. I'm only a year younger than you, man, and I know for a fact that ponies are needed for you to stay sane.
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I've spent hours trying to type a response, and subsequently deleting walls of text.
Suffice it to say, that gave me something to mull over in the small hours of the morning, when I usually sleep. I thank you.
My sleeping habits, on the other hand, do not thank you.
You be the judge then. Is it more childish to indulge myself repeatedly in various pointless fantasy worlds because my own is so bland, or is it childish to wish for greater things?
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You're welcome and I apologize.
Um... Both...Neither?
You're asking the wrong question.
It isn't about which is more childish.
If you are not satisfied with what you are doing than do something different. If you aren't content with where you are than move on, but don't move on because you are worried that it might be childish. That is childish.
If pastel cartoon ponies no longer make you smile, then maybe it is time for you to move on.
But allow me to pose this question.
Why do you wish your life to be anything other than bland?
Perhaps I should explain a little.
If you struggle to find happiness you will never fail to be disappointed.
Happiness is a fleeting thing that comes and goes. Each new challenge brings a new way to find happiness. But at the end the euphoria fades away and one must seek a new challenge.
I have found contentedness in my life. I do not seek happiness in things, rather I take it when it comes. When I undertake a new task it is for the purpose of doing it and doing it well. If I succeed then I feel happy for a time, when I fail I learn from it and still feel happy. It is only when I do nothing that I fail to find happiness.
The key is to keep moving, to "Keep calm and canter on" as it were. If you are not feeling fulfilled in the things that you do then you should reevaluate why you are doing them. But excitement and happiness are the spices (or in my case the bacon) of life. Great in small doses, but they can not sustain you forever.
At least that is my philosophy.
And back to your question again... Go watch "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium"
SACRILEDGE. Fire the orbital friendship cannon!
But seriously, do what feels right. I found that after I stopped pony for a while (not by choice), I felt like there was a hole in my life, so I'll stay brony.
Well if you feel like there's not much holding you back i guess not.
For me i guess I've met lots of really great people and a whole lot of reasons to stay.
One of them being of course your writing.
oh and happy late birthday man.
I'd say don't leave but then again. My opinion is kinda biased. So, please don't go.