snickr:

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So let me ask you this - if you could live your whole life without the desire to be something special, without aspiration, don’t you think that would be better? I’m being serious. My gift is the ability to direct that kind of energy, make things personal, moral, a crusade. I don’t know if I’m doing anyone any favors.

While I wouldn’t know any better, I’d probably be happier. But at the same time it wouldn’t be me. And I have a slight different take on a few of the platitudes — not all — and that is you shouldn’t be afraid to fail and fail hard. This is something those who succeed should heed as well instead of always being cautious.

Then again, I believe that the struggle to improve is a deeply personal one and if one sees it as a competition with anyone else, then you’ve already strayed from the path. The aspirations that evolve constantly are personal, it kills complacency and to me, it’s also something of an ego destroyer. (It also makes validation a bitch but that’s something else.) Not sure if this is typical though. But you know, the road there is more important than the destination. Shit, now even I do platitudes.

Without the desire to be something special, to do something special, yeah, I’d be happier. I’d also be dumber and my life would be more boring and the world would not have any magic. A dystopia without a soul and no heart window-dressed as a paradise. I’d rather be dead.