Or are we just jerking off?

Oh, Lord! Do We Have The Strength? Or Are We Just Jerking Off? Sound Clip and Quote

What you don't here in this quote is the "Amen" as if to assert the fact that humans never totally know whether the juice will be worth the squeeze. It is a question that fills our heads constantly. What's the point? Why even try? It ain't gonna happen.

The inspiration for this post comes from a pretty trivial observation that I have made. I don't want to take it too far, but it can be analogous to life on a greater level. When customers bring in their "green" bags to Trader Joe's we hand out raffle tickets. If the customer wants the tickets they can write their name and number on the back, and drop it into a box for a chance to win a $25 dollar gift card which is drawn for every week. Many people take them, and I tend to hand out a bunch. Still, there are quite a few others who say "No, thanks. I never win."

I am not going to go as far as saying these people are pessimistic, downers, and have no hope for the future. It just occurs to me that they have nothing to lose, everything to gain, and they still don't go for it. There is no loss of time. You can fill it out and drop it off while I am scanning and bagging your nine things of hummus and 17 bags of seaweed snack, don't eat this, and you can win $25 towards your next purchase of soymilk and lowfat pretzels, again NO.

"I never win". You can't win if you don't give it a shot. I can understand qualms against the lottery, but this is not gambling. You brought in the bags so you have nothing to lose. Life is not about going around and seeing other people do, and win, thinking that it only happens to that guy. Grab that bull by its horns and wrestle it to the ground, grill it up, and throw some hummus on that I don't care. Just no seaweed snacks.

What I am getting at is the fact that there are many things in life we don't do for no good reason. I am a victim of not trying many things for stupid reasons. At the most you will embarass yourself, but that is a minor issue compared to never stepping out of your shell in the first place. I don't regret the stupid things I have done. I just try to learn from them.

Without the desire to give things a chance in life we are all "just jerking off".