steady lang

currently listening to: Reaching Out – Lea Salonga

Steady-lang is for the weak.

I didn’t know what this idea meant until last night. Salamat jackiepot for explaining this philosophy to me. :)

Steady lang means no expectations, go with the flow, live with what you have. Steady lang means you should enjoy the rollercoaster ride. Horace said it best with his Carpe Diem, although I doubt it if the Greek guy would ever really go to a theme park, with all the sweet candies, bright balloons and happy people.

Steady lang means you should live in the moment. You live, you learn. You cry, you learn. You die, you learn. The song is old. But then again, I am old. And the only thing I learned is that you never really learn. The truth is, you learn nothing.

Steady lang means you can ask so much, when you only need to do is give so little. If life gives you what you ask for, then be thankful. If it doesn’t, you shouldn’t be surprised; you didn’t deserve anything in the first place.

Steady lang means you can always push your luck. And at the end, all you need to say is sorry. Sorry for everything, thanks for everything. It’s that simple. It’s not fair, I know. But life never is.

Steady lang means you need not think about life. The world is too complicated to be taken seriously. Answers to questions only lead to either confusion or bitterness. A yes is never a yes. And a no is always a no.

Steady lang never looks forward, since the future hasn’t happened yet. And besides, it never really goes the way you want it, so why bother? Steady lang never looks back either. The past is gone. Deal with it. Get over it. Forget it.

Steady lang means you should never care. Because caring necessitates a surrender. And fortune always makes a clown of the loser.

Steady lang teaches us that attachment is not love, silence is not peace and a smile never means happiness.

Steady lang works for a lot of people. I hated them then. I understand them now. But I should make it clear that I do not suggest Steady lang for everyone. Steady lang is only for the coward, the irresponsible, the selfish. Steady lang is for the libertine.

I am a coward. I am irresponsible. I am selfish. I’ve been hurt so many times, in so many ways. Now that I know what Steady lang means, I will never be hurt again.

Steady lang is for the weak. Because we never pretend that we are strong. We are honest of our frailties and we accept how dreadful the world really is. Because of that, we are free.