23 March 2010

Make No Bones About It.

I continuously surprise myself at the realization of the distance I must travel in terms of self-improvement and, consequently, self-actualization. This distance was again put into sharp focus last week during (my final) Spring Break -- this usually happens when I have the much-needed privilege and responsibility of looking after Veronica. There's nothing quite like parenting to give you the proper perspective of your position in the world; it dawned on me as well that I needed to apply the lessons I learn while trying to be a good father to other aspects of my life.

Last week, it was reinforced to varying degrees that I need to keep working on my senses of patience, fairness, discipline, permissiveness, consistency and empathy (this is a big one). I've made reference to them before, but the lack of those skills contribute to much of my internal instability. I'm glad I've started to really recognize what my deficits are, when I used to just ignore/deny my faults (which did absolutely no one any good).

Well, my road to recovery begins with the admittance of my shortcomings, and the progress I will take to overcome them. This week I embark on that journey. It's time to face my skeletons. Fittingly (and kinda hilariously), a screenshot from one of the videogames of my childhood represents this well.


See you at the top.

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

Best. Game. Ever. I can't count the number of hours I spent playing Kid Icarus! It was my all-time favorite. Ah...El Chaparrel. Those were the days. You guys always had the best games, though. Remember "Rated R Rat Race" for Atari? You're still the only person I've ever seen with that game.

Strictor said...

I was really bummed how wack they made Kid Ic on the Captain N cartoon. He was worthless!

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