Experiencing life is about perceiving changes. Changes help put your life in perspective. Without changes in your life, you would not be experiencing life; you would merely exist. Say, for example, you have a day where you get up, do your daily thing, and everything goes really well. Now, imagine that every day is just like that. Pretty soon the days aren’t good days, they are simply days.
Almost everyone has a little voice in their head; something to stop you when you are about to do something stupid. That would be what is usually depicted as the angel sitting on your shoulder. We also have a voice that points you down the crooked path. That’s the devil we see on peoples’ shoulders. I think most people listen to the angel more than they do the devil. In the big picture, I think more people do what they consider “good” things than not; getting to bed at a decent hour on a weeknight, feeding and clothing your children, not stabbing that hobo in the eye with a spork. Those are the actions of a lot of people, and our world is probably better for it.
But sometimes you give in to that other voice. Sometimes it’s a sneaky voice and you don’t realize what you are doing until it’s too late, other times you look right at your best friend before a night out and say things like “We’re drinking tequila tonight,” or “I’m going to vomit tonight. I don’t know when or where, but I am giving you a heads up that it is indeed going to happen.” Sometimes you need to embrace the other side, walk arm in arm with the devil, and hope to God you survive. Sometimes you think after 6 hours in a bar, “Shit, this hangover is gong to be a killer.” But that’s alright. In fact, that’s great. You are giving yourself a measuring rod for your fun. How can you truly appreciate how much fun you had if there are no consequences? So next time you have a truly horrible idea, don’t flinch; look the devil in the eye, grin real wide, punch him in the mouth, and say, “Your move, bitch.”
