Greatness

I had this thought that occurred yesterday.

Greatness is achieved not given.

I have always thought that I would be this great world leader some day. You know, run some grand corporation and control the world. Blah, Blah, Blah. I always knew this was my destiny, but I didn't know when it would occur. I would just sit back and wait for destiny to unfold. What a crock of bullshit.

Destiny will never come and hand deliver the world to my lap. In order for me to be great, I must act. I must be a full participant in this thing called life. I know these thoughts seem a little grandiose, but I feel strongly about them. I am tired of sitting here and blaming everything around me for my current situation in life. Not that I'm complaining about my current life, because it is actually going extremely well. I just want more. I always want more.

This could be taken in two ways.

1. I am never satisfied and will never be satisfied. Damn that White Whale.
2. I am ambitious and will go far in life.

As much as I like playing with my spear and chasing tail, I think I'll have to consider myself an option 2 kind of guy.
So, with that I think I'll start taking back control of my life and quit letting destiny lead me in the wrong direction. Where is all of this coming from? Well, lately I have lost a lot of desire to do things to better my life. I have plenty of new things to advance myself in my career and I have lots of things to learn personally. For some reason, I have not had the desire to achieve these things. That will all change today.

"What are we going to do tonight Brain?"
"The same thing we do every night Pinky; try to take over the world."