Chaos

I was reading Bizkit's daily entry, and it got me to thinking. We have different views on how to live life. Not that you should live it to the fullest, we both agree on that. But, its in the smaller details that we disagree. He said that life's obstacles cause chaos, and only by working together can they be overcome. That's where I disagree.

Life itself is chaos. Most people try to put their entire life into order, and are miserable for it. Because, you just can't do it. No matter how hard you try. Just about everything that we do is by its very nature chaotic. "No plan survives contact with the enemy." Sound familiar? Its true. I don't know who was quoted as saying that. And I don't think that it only relates to combat, but life as a whole. You make your plan to do whatever you're trying to do, and what happens? Something invariably enters the picture to cause a problem. And you make a change, on the fly, to compensate. There you have it, chaos has entered the picture. And you did it yourself.

I thrive on chaos. It gives me the energy to do things beyond what I would believe I could do. It allows me to function in an environment where, I can pull all of these disparate pieces together and make a whole out of them. I don't know if this is because I don't tend to think in a logical manner, (unlike most people) or if its because I just have some kind of gift for it. (doubtful) When things are very orderly, I get bored with it quickly. But, when I don't know exactly what to expect, I stay interested. (Maybe my head isn't screwed on quite right.) Whatever the reason, chaotic environments are where I like to be.

But on the flip side to my previous quote, there is "Its better to have a plan, any plan, than no plan at all." Which, is also true. Sounds like I'm contradicting myself here, but hang with me. Having a plan lets you set up your reactions to what may happen. So you can have a general course of action. With out one, its like trying to go down an alley in the middle of the night, blindfolded and with earplugs in. Sure you can do it, but there will be a lot of stumbling along the way. A plan can only prepare you part of the way. The rest is comes from your own experiences and general outlook on life. There's nothing more that I can say about that.

The other part that we disagree on is that he believes you have to work together with the other people in you life to overcome obstacles. I don't think so. I believe that you have to be able to overcome the obstacles on your own. If you can't, then you never will. Other people are (Man, this is going to sound bad.) tools to help along the way. Noone can solve any of your problems for you. But, they can point you in the right direction.

That being said, nobody can live completely shut off from those around them. We need others to survive. We need the social interaction, the friction and the conflict. We are social creatures, we have to have others for what they bring. And what they bring us is simple. They bring us CHAOS.