Trying Hard

Do you like my new background? I figured it was about time to challenge my computer skills once again and figure out a new look. All the text is not exactly the colors I wanted, but I have found there is only so much fine-tuning I can do with my blog before I feel like I might just have to punch the computer to get my point across. So I let the computer win the font color battle. Such is life.

I while ago I heard a song on the radio and one of the lyrics really stuck out to me. It said, "I'm trying so hard not to try so hard." Immediately this resonated with how I feel about my life a lot of the time. I try and try so hard to get things right and figure things out and live the right way, but ultimately I end up right back where I started. It's a paradox that only gets more confusing the more you think about it.

I'm not saying this because I am depressed or upset about life at the moment. Things haven't been bed. I'm only wondering if it's possible to get clarity or make much progress at all. Are humans striving for personal progress, or progress as a whole? And what constitutes progress anyway? Electronics? Medicine? Health? Art? Religion? What is the ultimate goal? What should we be "trying hard" at?

I don't suppose life will get any less confusing. I guess the best advice is to take one day at a time. Be kind to others. Do your best. Try to leave the world better off than when you entered it. And, most of all, enjoy yourself when you can, because, from what I can tell, it is all over way too fast.