How do you know...

[Asmodeus]

... when you have found your place in life?

Is it a job you really like?

Is it a person?

Is it giving up and throwing away your pride and living with the bullshit you can't stand?

Is it getting jobs in all the corners of the earth trying to find your place just to realize your place is no place? And you have to keep moving every few months just to keep some measure of sanity.

[Cruise Director]

I don't know if you ever find your "place" in all aspects of life at one time. Some times my personal life is in check while work is in shambles. Other times I seem to be sailing away on the job but have issues somewhere else in life.

I think that true happiness cannot exist on all levels at all times. I think that the importance is finding the balance between the good and the bad.

[Mudflap]

:hail: :iamwithst

[Asmodeus]

...balance and peace... those are the two things I have been trying to find for a very long time. I just can't seem to find them.

*gets world atlas out*

Anyone have the directions? That was a left at Alburqurque right?

[Mae]

I have found my place in my friends and family. Happiness is never going to be mine in long spurts. So I grab it in the brief moments that it presents itself to me. Mostly and lately in the punk kid at work with the spiked hair (Afoot tall mohawk) and leather clothing doing the Elvis impression with his girlfriend's silk scarf. Hip swivel and everything.

[Torque]

For me, its the ability to be surrounded by folks I care about, and able to take care of them appropriately. With a little fun tossed in, thats about it for me.

[Koliedrus]

"How do you know when you've found your place in life?"

That's a hard one. Ranks up there with describing "Love".

I used to ride my bike flanked by the Pack (my dogs) until one of us needed to rest. There we would stay until our breath returned. One of us four would eventually get up and encourage the others to run. Sometimes the direction was homeward. More often, it was in a direction none of us had taken together.

More than once, they collectively chose to take me to places they knew but I didn't. Even though I was lost, they knew the way and urged me to follow. Sometimes they led me through deep woods and obstacles but one of them always waited for me to catch up.

Once we found their place we would rest for a while and play. All of us knew where "home" was and eventually went back. Sometimes I would lead. Sometimes I would follow.

Going back to those places would be difficult without them. One thing they taught me is that there are many places that can be "home".

Job: if it provides for the people in your care and you can stand it, keep it. If you know of one that you really want, focus on getting it.

Person: You can look but a kettle doesn't boil any faster as you check your watch.

Bullshit You Can't Stand: I've yet to meet a functional person who has not had to make some sort of compromise. Keep your standards but be ready to soften your hard head.

I ran with the Pack for years. Right now, I'm here. I've "settled down". Doesn't mean that I've stopped.

Asmo, you've run yourself until you're tired. Stay put for a while and take time to look at yourself instead of the horizon. Both may just surprise you by being there again tomorrow.

My "place" found me.

[Asmodeus]

Good advice Kol... problem- can't afford to sit still. With no money, no vacation.

[Koliedrus]

Forced to run to a "place" that provides money and vacation, eh? Sounds mainstream and "normal" to me. I'll bet it makes you itch.

Maybe, just maybe, you've used up your share of "vacation" for now.

I still think that a job with National Geographic would fit you like a glove.