Walk It
Posted on August 30, 2010 with 0 commentsThey say if you say it, it will come true Just ‘putting it out into the ether’ brings it closer to you. They say if you think it, it will be realized That all you need to do is visualize it in your mind’s eyes. All them they’s who say these things They say them while disclaiming that if it didn’t come true If IT didn’t get realized Then it was you who didn’t deeply believe, think, or visualize It’s never the practice, it’s always the practitioner who is at fault And proof of it ‘working’ always hangs by a frayed string of dental floss “OMG one day I was pulling into the parking lot at Target and I thought, “I want a first row space.” And right then one came open and I got it! See?” or “You know, one year I was so depressed, I didn’t leave my apartment for a month and I was on the kitchen floor, crying my eyes out begging for someone to reach out and show that they cared when suddenly the door bell rang and it was my cute next door neighbor who just said she wanted to stop in since she hadn’t seen me around at all.” (And no she didn’t hear me crying through the wall!) or “Hey…I’m a cancer survivor and I did it by eating nothing but grapefruit and visualizing the grapefruit seeds eating away at my cancer.” ! “Hey, don’t cough at that, Pandora!” ! Ok, well, don’t cough at the woman who smoked a pack a day from 13 to 86 and died getting hit by a car in an intersection - NOT from asphyxiation. I do love the spiritual, but coincidence and statisticsare vitally empirical
Chance and mind tricks ‘Cause Correlative doesn’t mean Causal. Correlative doesn’t mean Causal. That’s to say that just because two events are butted up against each other doesn’t mean that the second ass came out of the first one’s hole. Like the fact that when I’m waiting for a train to come I count from 42 backwards and usually the train comes within that time frame – that’s correlative – my counting didn’t do anything but pass the time, the train would’ve come even if I’d just decided to rhyme Random words Like turds And curds of whey Anyway, I wish people who get this through their head. Correlative doesn’t mean Causal, instead It just means one thing happened after the other And statistically, the likelihood that the one made the other happen is so Infinitesimally eensie-weensie So, leptonically teeny That it would be more likely to guess that the mere fact that you didn’t die that minute (a much higher chance at any given moment in your day) is what caused the ‘amazing ‘ thing to happen to you. So, no, I’m sorry, it isn’t because they’re Subway sandwiches that you are losing weight It’s the fact that you’re expending more calories than those you ate That’s the math The fiction is that it has something to do with Subway or Lean Cuisine 10 Ways to lose inches in days screams the headline on the magazine The fiction is that there is some kind of interlacing logic to the way things unfold When really there’s just the cards that you hold and the way that you play ‘em And everything else is up to chance, to circumstance, to lady luck Who doesn’t give a fuck about how much you wish for things Lady Luck is fickle, and tickles and tempts us to think that she’s reliable When we know she’s not But she’s so hot, not one cares They just feel her long thick wavy hair And commonsense just disappears into thin air Yeah, Lady Luck runs this show And the sooner you accept this the sooner you’ll know That you can woo her and appease her with all sorts of gifts But ultimately, it’s her magic hands that control the twists and turns The loves and spurns The highs and lows The yeses and no’s… … But there is one possible loop hole One thing Lady Luck has doesn’t have a hold on, she can’t totally control It’s not easy, but it’s almost a sure thing It’s not for the lazy or the second-guessing neurotic It’s not for the grey people or the ever-blessing romantic It’s just simple and plain and straightforward, no shit: It’s just this: Walk It. You wanna lose weight: burn more calories than you eat Walk It You wanna lose debt: spend less than you make Walk It You wanna find love, follow up with every person you meet Walk It You wanna love what you do, stop settling for one cake Walk it Plot out the route, then put on your shoes and Walk it Dream High and Think Big, what do you have to lose? just Walk it Cut the credit cards, Discard the lard, Call old friends, Go ‘til you end At the finish line you choose What do you have to lose? You could lose your neuroses You could lose your floundering You could lose your sense of being lost You could lose your second guessing You could lose your treading water You could lose your sense of drowning You could lose settling for less that you want You could lose the chance you’ll be sitting regretting That you didn’t do more That you didn’t take the bull by the horns That you didn’t go balls to the wall That you didn’t ignore the potential free fall. Just walk it. Stop complaining Stop bitching Stop cogitating Stop itching Just walk it. Take that first step – commit Walk it Just one little step Walk it See how it feels Walk it Stop with the bullshit Consider this your personal invitation To live your life with crystal clear intention With fabulous conviction Consider this the kick in your ass That reminds you to live your life at last Live your life Don’t let your life live you ‘Cause for all you know by tomorrow you’ll be through So you better giddy up before you’re undone Walk It Commit Walk It Commit Walk It Commit And Walk It.