Don't run away...
Posted on: July 31, 2007, at 04:11:53pm

There are a million things that could come back later to bite you in the ass. And the chances are invariably stacked against you that at least half of those million things WILL bite you in the ass no matter what you do or how far you run away from them.

And there's absolutely nothing that could ever change that. Call it fate, if you're inclined to believe in such a thing, or whatever you want to.

There is only one constant: You are in control of your destiny. Don't let anyone tell you any different.

I know this because I've taken a minute to step back and observe my own life at a distance. It's simple, really.

I'm not too much a believer in Karma. But the things that bite you on your balloon knot are a derivitive or direct result of how you shaped your own destiny.

Almost five months ago... I sealed my destiny in what was one of the most crippling events in my entire life. And I ran away from the one person in the entire world that made the situation and my life seem worthwhile.

And now, that person is so hurt that she won't talk to me anymore. And all because I felt the need, perhaps pride, to face things on my own... and ran away from the one person who ever truly loved me for fear of dragging her into my own little abyss.

If you learn anything from this... learn from my mistake. Call me a loser for it, even. I deserve it.

But I'd be a bigger loser if I didn't learn anything from it at all.

To my adoring fans,

Jack