The motions of life

As humans, we are creatures of habit, striving through life completely based on repitition. We wake up every morning to an alarm clock knowing almost exactly how the day will pan out. I know when I go to bed at night that the next morning my alarm will go off twice and I will ignore it. Ten minutes before the bus runs, I'll finally stumble out of bed with no extra time to pack a lunch. I'll then find myself running to the bus, thankful that I'm running late becaue I then get to avoid waiting in the freezing cold. I'll follow the motions of the school day, smiling at the teachers, mumbling answers to questions, hugging about fifty people because they all like me for some reason or other, giving the goofy waves and smiles to make those people happy for a moment, even though I'm dead tired. And then I will scramble to find a ride to the middle school, where I smile more to the teachers of the kids I work with and hug about thirty more students, the entire time, faking enthusiasm. I then go home exhausted, yet too thoughtful to sleep, and it is all just the motions of my life, predictable in every way. I never had a point to this rambling nonsense. I am exhausted at the moment and simply feel like rambling about obvious points that we all know and have heard, but think about it, creatures of habit. How boring is that? I am an artist. I love every aspect of music, playing instruments, coming up with melodies, tweeking old melodies and making them new and alive again. I love writing; and the concept that I write for my life, but another can look at my work, and the poem will be exactly what they feel simply amazes me. I love spontenuity, and yet I have formed myself to the basic human standards, living the motions ,if you will, of life. So for all who reads this (which is likely to be no one because I never update), I'm going to challenge you to break the every day habit for one day and see what happens. Pay attention to people's reactions when you do something out of the ordinary, and play back to yourself at the end of the day everything that you did differently. One of the greatest quotes I have ever heard came from Walt Witman. Carpe Diem. Two words. It means Sieze the Day. Sieze the day. Impossible if we just follow the motions. We need to break free, suprise ourselves. In fact, I'll take that challenge upon myself, and I'll report back within the week to share my experience.