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I'm cooler than Vanilla Ice!
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I'm average.
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I'm rubbish at life, and probably shouldn't exist.
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04-29-2008, 03:55 PM
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Re: Are you cool?
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I'm annoyed though because everytime I try to achieve something, I fall back down.
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Have you ever read the story about the man and the butterfly?
Check it out.
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For example I never really thought about trying to be ace at something until I was 15/16, and back then I tried to do all those things I would love to be good at like write/practice art etc..
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Find something you know you like doing anyways, and just go at it. To avoid disappointment, lower your expectations though and consider the possibilities instead - you're not going to become a Picasso or Tolkien overnight. You know it'll take a lot of tries and failures before you get good at it.
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I come from a very artistic family, and I seem to be the only one that doesn't have it in me. I'm also a pessimist, and I grew up around people telling me that I'm not good enough all the time. The worst part is I haven't been able to prove them wrong yet.
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If you're walking with a friend along the side of a road, and you fall down, what does a real friend do? Tell you that you're not good enough to keep walking with them? Do they laugh at you or scold you for falling down? No, they bend down and help you stand up, they brush the dirt off your clothes and you two continue to keep walking.
So who are you hanging around with? [aside from family]
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I never did try to be something I'm not anyway.
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Yeah you did.
When you were a baby.
You were just a little runt. You didn't know how to walk. You weren't a toddler. Yet you kept trying and falling. You didn't give a damn, YOU JUST KEPT GOING. You kept hauling yourself up to your feet, you kept trying to walk with support with nearby furniture first, and then finally you took a few steps unsupported, you fell down on your face, you got BACK UP AGAIN and kept going and now .... you walk and talk like everyone else.
So you became something you weren't.
Wayne Gretzky - one of the greatest hockey players ever - kept practicing and trying until he became what he wasn't, before. He has a quote I love:
“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.”
There's so many others that weren't good at what they eventually became good at yet they kept going.
Babe Ruth.
Muhammad bin Qasim.
Donald Trump.
Margaret Atwood.
Muhammad Ali.
Thomas Edison.
Al Gore.
Tariq bin Ziyad.
Malcolm X.
A.G. Bell.
Terry Fox.
... and so many others.
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04-29-2008, 04:01 PM
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Re: Are you cool?
IbnM should be my life counselor. 
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04-29-2008, 05:05 PM
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Re: Are you cool?
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QFT
Seriously.
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I didn't mean cool as in sunglasses 
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Oh well in that case, I guess I'm cool after all 
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04-29-2008, 05:16 PM
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QFT
Seriously.
Oh well in that case, I guess I'm cool after all
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Kya?
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04-29-2008, 05:18 PM
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Kya?
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You better believe it.
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You better believe it.
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 What is QFT?
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04-29-2008, 05:19 PM
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Quoted For Truth
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04-29-2008, 05:20 PM
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Oh. You and your acronyms.
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Oh. You and your acronyms. |
YIGOFEO.
(Yes I've Got One For Every Occasion)
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04-29-2008, 05:24 PM
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BTOT ( back to original topic )
I don't know what i'm good at. I feel like I can be good at everything If i put a little effort in it. But I haven't really found that one thing I would enjoy doing the rest of my life.
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04-29-2008, 06:14 PM
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i am cooler than you foo'
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04-29-2008, 07:04 PM
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"I'm the best! I'm the best! I'm the best! (yes you are the best! you're the best! you're the best!)"
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04-29-2008, 07:07 PM
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"I'm the best! I'm the best! I'm the best! (yes you are the best! you're the best! you're the best!)"
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LMMMMAAAAOOOOOOooooooOOOo ahahahahahahahaha
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04-29-2008, 07:22 PM
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Re: Are you cool?
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You probably missed the part where I mentioned passion. Many people are skilled at things but they have no passion for the same.
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Passion + skill doesn't equal talent.
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When you were a baby.
You were just a little runt. You didn't know how to walk. You weren't a toddler. Yet you kept trying and falling. You didn't give a damn, YOU JUST KEPT GOING. You kept hauling yourself up to your feet, you kept trying to walk with support with nearby furniture first, and then finally you took a few steps unsupported, you fell down on your face, you got BACK UP AGAIN and kept going and now .... you walk and talk like everyone else.
So you became something you weren't.
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people are naturally inclined to walk. it's a little thing called biology
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