116. I Have Purpose

Hello my wonderful readers...in the mist of everything in life...it was hard to actually sit down and do some meditative writing. I hope you took this opportunity to read previous entries! of course you did guys...right?

This topic was brought up by a friend of mine. Lately he has been on fire with ideas about various topics and suggestions...

PSYCH!SENSE question...what is it about waiting in line for the latest fad?

I saw this news report about people standing in line for like 10 days in advance in downtown LA waiting for the latest twilight movie. 10 days? YES! 10 days.


"Hey john so what did you do on your vacation?"

"yeah...I went to stand in line for the twilight movie, tried to hit on the 13 year old girls, then got desperate and slept with a life size cardboard cut out of bella on the cold hard concrete...it was hot."


There is a certain addiction that people have with these things.
1. Use it as a way to escape their own lives
2. Use it to feel on the "in" crowd
3. Boredum
4. Trying to get laid
5. Instant popularity

As people we all need our goals. What are we striving for? what's next for me? where do I go from here? Many times the latest fad gives us purpose. It allows us to feel connected as we stand in line and talk about it to others. To nerd out, dress up like the characters and fully embrace that perhaps in some weird way the movie in this example, is "just like my life"....ya know...being fought over by a wolf and vampire.

Release dates give us something to wait for..something to aim for...something that will instantly connect us with others. For the time afterward and the days/weeks sometimes that follow we will automatically have a topic to discuss, we will have people that will relate and we will be on the "IN" as others ask us about it...give us attention about it...and allows us to tell the story as if it was our own.

It then goes to say that you must be willing to find your other purposes. Now yes, these great things allow us to escape for a moment...dive into a different world and psyche...yes...but so does meth. or...great sex..or...life itself.

I'm absolutely guilty of standing in line for releases...it was fun..."backdoor sluts 9" is something worth standing in line for...

but ultimately you must be willing to find other goals and ways to have purpose and connection to people. Find your purpose.