Has every story been told? Is there anything original left to say or are we just rehashing Gilgamesh and Shakespeare over and over and over? The masters lived before us and it's now up to us to create something recognizable from their ancient ashes.
No, I think not. Individually, we each tell our own story as best we can. Creating something entertaining to others should be an entirely secondary endeavour towards creating a story each of us can be proud of and be remembered by. Everybody loves an underdog but everyone is the underdog in their own story. We have to fight to tell our own story and claw for every inch we can. There is something original within us, each of us. It is up to us individually to write the good ending or the bad one.
My underdog story is likely only known to myself as I surely have a ton of people in my past who would like to see me fail. To them, I am not an underdog but rather just a mutt who deserves the worst in life. I have surely done some people wrong in my past as the only thing I was ever really good at was writing and fighting. So I'd write about my problems and create problems to write about. Whether those problems were real or imaginary is anyone's guess.
But I'm done feeling sorry for myself. Beating myself up over the issues I've caused has run it's course. To those I've hurt, I do apologize but it's time to move on and get back to writing the good ending.
New beginnings mean a different story, a different path, and a different way of living that story within itself. Every step taken form now forward must be a measured and intent filled one. That could be a massive leap one day or a toe across the line others, but there is no time left for looking back or following the rear view mirage of days passed.
Time for the good ending to start.
