So after quite some time, I decide to make a return to this blog that I started oh, so long ago. Some time ago, I began this as some sort of mystical musing. Whether I thought people cared, or not, I decided that some whimsical writing was in my future. Future it would be appropriately termed, since the last post is dated in March. Oops.

So, then. What have I learned in the many months since March? I suppose I could formulate a list.

• I am not invincible
• There are limits to what I can do
• Not too many =p
• Hard work yields success
• Success is preceded by distress
• Friends and enemies often walk a blurred line
• I fail at adequately addressing every social situation

This is a very short, incomplete list. I feel like there is a lot of substance that can be spoken for here, and who knows - maybe someday I'll actually examine these further. Maybe I'll even use inductive reasoning to actually generalize these so they could better represent a wider population of people.

As I look again, I can't deem one more important than the other. Which leads me to one conclusion. All things the an individual experiences are life-altering. Each interaction with other people, every mistake, every speed-induced crash into jagged rocks has the potential to shape the course of your life, and more importantly the course of your mind. In my ONLY other blog post (at the writing of this) I speak a lot to introspection. I think a better, more associative word for that is reflection.

So, what? What point is there to this. If I were to name a lesson, more importantly than all things I've learned so far, it would be that reflecting upon successes, failures and works in progress is what makes us grow. As I've gotten older, I've found myself lying down at night to only think about the future, fantasize about what could be. I have also found myself stagnate, get boring for lack of a better term.

So is reflection what keeps us young? Is thinking about what we've done, and examining our experiences holistically the fountain of youth?

I guess it requires some reflection.

~Cheers =)