"City of Destiny"
Yes, it's true. I live in "The City of Destiny" now. I didn't know this until I moved here and I was blessed with the knowledge by an unassuming postcard sitting on the rack. My roommate didn't even know and she's working towards her 3rd year here. But I found it encouraging that I had moved to "The City of Destiny" since it sounds so positive and since it was a bit of a leap of faith for me to come here to begin with. The Shababbler and "The City of Destiny" - it had to be a match made in heaven.
Well, as the weeks have been ticking away and I've notched up a couple of months, the job search is really starting to get me down. I'm going to admit right now that I am being picky, and that probably needs to stop....optimism isn't always a good thing, sometimes you need to admit defeat =-(. But I took my dejected self to The Dollar Tree (which isn't the one right near our house), and I strolled about in search of a few things. As I began to stroll I decided to look up "Destiny" in the dictionary that was staring back at me from the shelf. I knew what it meant, but figured I should clarify. And wouldn't you know it.....there were all sorts of encouraging words to greet me on the open pages as I skimmed about for my word of choice.....desolate, destroy, despair, devour (yes, even that word gets you down when you were in the mood I was in)....and finally - DESTINY. So I confirmed the thoughts that had started to enter my mind in the last few days....Destiny isn't necessarily a good thing. As a matter of fact, Destiny can totally suck, but we have a tendency to romantacize the word in our minds. Truth be told, Destiny can blow =-(. Here's how dictionary.com defines it:
des·ti·ny ( P ) (dst-n)n. pl. des·ti·nies
1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control: “Marriage and hanging go by destiny” (Robert Burton).
3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together.
So you see? The word Destiny really isn't as dreamy and promising as most of us make it out to be. My Destiny could be to be homeless or employed as a poo-picker upper FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! My Destiny could be that I never pay off all of the student loans I built up because teachers in high school brainwashed me into thinking going to college was such a stellar idea. My Destiny could be to find the job of my dreams once I turned 98. You get the idea. So now the whole "City of Destiny" thing isn't nearly as inspiring =-(.
Well, as the weeks have been ticking away and I've notched up a couple of months, the job search is really starting to get me down. I'm going to admit right now that I am being picky, and that probably needs to stop....optimism isn't always a good thing, sometimes you need to admit defeat =-(. But I took my dejected self to The Dollar Tree (which isn't the one right near our house), and I strolled about in search of a few things. As I began to stroll I decided to look up "Destiny" in the dictionary that was staring back at me from the shelf. I knew what it meant, but figured I should clarify. And wouldn't you know it.....there were all sorts of encouraging words to greet me on the open pages as I skimmed about for my word of choice.....desolate, destroy, despair, devour (yes, even that word gets you down when you were in the mood I was in)....and finally - DESTINY. So I confirmed the thoughts that had started to enter my mind in the last few days....Destiny isn't necessarily a good thing. As a matter of fact, Destiny can totally suck, but we have a tendency to romantacize the word in our minds. Truth be told, Destiny can blow =-(. Here's how dictionary.com defines it:
des·ti·ny ( P ) (dst-n)n. pl. des·ti·nies
1. The inevitable or necessary fate to which a particular person or thing is destined; one's lot.
2. A predetermined course of events considered as something beyond human power or control: “Marriage and hanging go by destiny” (Robert Burton).
3. The power or agency thought to predetermine events: Destiny brought them together.
So you see? The word Destiny really isn't as dreamy and promising as most of us make it out to be. My Destiny could be to be homeless or employed as a poo-picker upper FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE! My Destiny could be that I never pay off all of the student loans I built up because teachers in high school brainwashed me into thinking going to college was such a stellar idea. My Destiny could be to find the job of my dreams once I turned 98. You get the idea. So now the whole "City of Destiny" thing isn't nearly as inspiring =-(.
posted by The Shababbler at 7:24 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks Ed2 (I don't know how to make it go high). I didn't realize before that you were who you are (which is probably why you posted the last name this time =-p). Ed1 & I are also part of another site where people sometimes seem to try to act like others, so that's where the confusion came in. Please accept my apology!
But thanks for the encouragement. Things have yet to start going the way that I want them to and other things are just aggravating that. Anyways....thanks again.
Nah....I don't mind. Oooh - and cool for the info for all the little icons =-).
As for what type of job I'm looking for....you can e-mail me if you really want to know or ask your lady - I'm still paranoid of putting too much identifiable info on here - haha =-p. I know, it's silly, but oh well.
I have a "primary" job goal and search and a "secondary" one, which I'm hoping will ultimately be "in addition to" the primary. I've managed to pull off a couple of rejections already for the primary, and I have been doing some interviews for the secondary. So we'll see what happens. Ultimately, the job scene will determine how long Washington gets to be blessed with my presence =-p.
:-) nice one's Ed²! I like these myself:
Destiny is not a matter of chance; it's a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.
--- William Jennings Bryan
Your destiny does not write itself.
--- Anon
Many great quotes can be found at:
http://www.houseofquotes.com
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