No one ever gets my eccentric analogies

Imagine chocolate has been banned from consumption and no one is allowed to eat chocolate anymore. Now imagine someone came up to you and asked you what chocolate was. How well could you describe it--could you even do it? Try explaining color to someone who is completely color blind. No matter how effective you are at conveying your point or argument, it's frustratingly difficult to get someone to see just what you mean without experiencing it. That's the weird thing about life, no matter how much you explain or teach someone nothing is more effective than experience. Imagine, if you will, life (or some parts of it) was like baseball. First you have to learn the fundamentals of the "game"--hit ball with bat run bases and score. Then you have to learn and understand the rules and regulations of the game: outs, fouls, innings, homeruns, etc. Sounds easy right? Then what's next? playing the "game". First you get your hands on a bat and you try hitting a few balls around--little awkward and intimidating at first but then you get the hang of it and start getting cocky swinging wildly aiming for the fences, mocking people who say the game is hard or can't hit the ball or the people out in the field that can't catch the balls you hit. You think your the shit, then someone gives you a glove. You get put in the outfield and watch how other people bat and see how hard it is to catch the ball and throw it to the right place and your running all over the place doing lots of work and not having much to show for it, and balls are flying over your head and they come at you fast and it hurts to catch them but feels good when you do but hurts worse when you drop the ball. After a while you realize baseball isn't a game at all...it's a sport, and people take it seriously (sometimes too seriously). Even though it's a sport it's still a game and you should have fun, but there's a level of seriousness needed to succeed.
I could go on and on with this analogy, but the bottom line is how much do you really know about the game until you play it hard and lose a little so you know how to win, and understanding the game and people so you know how to manipulate the system and maximize your potential.

I hope you grasp that concept.


"How great of a winner can you be if you've never lost"
"The greatest winners are losers"


PS: Life, it's all about perspectives--get a few.


-toph