UNPREDICTABILITY.
SO, ON CHRISTMAS DAY, IT WAS AROUND 77 DEGREES OUTSIDE, HERE IN DALLAS, TX. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT WE WOULDN'T BE GETTING ANY TYPE OF WINTER THIS YEAR. NOW, MIND YOU, IT HAS BEEN COLD, BUT, MORE OF A FALL COLD AND NOT A WINTER COLD. I HAD AN OLDER LADY AT MY JOB, TELL ME SHE WOULD RATHER LIVE IN COLORADO, BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY HAVE SEASONS. HOWEVER, I'VE LIVED IN DALLAS, MY WHOLE LIFE, AND I HAVE COME TO UNDERSTAND THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THE TEXAS WEATHER. SOME WINTERS, WE WON'T GET SNOW UNTIL MARCH. SOMETIMES, WE GET SNOW IN DECEMBER, AND THE VERY NEXT DAY, IT'S 75 DEGREES OUTSIDE, AND EVERYTHING IS MELTING. SO, WHEN PEOPLE PISS AND MOAN ABOUT THE WEATHER, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT FROM AROUND HERE. THE ONE THING YOU CAN COUNT ON, IT'S A GHOST TOWN WHEN THE HOLIDAYS HIT, BECAUSE ALL OF THE TRANSPLANTS, GO HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS. ANYWAY, THE POINT, I'M MAKING IS THAT ALTHOUGH, YOU CAN'T COUNT ON THE SEASONS HERE IN TEXAS, YOU CAN COUNT ON THE WEATHER TO BE COMPLETELY UNPREDICTABLE. FOR INSTANCE, LAST NIGHT, THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS, TORNADOES, AND A POSSIBLE BLIZZARD. SIRENS, WERE BLARING, HERE IN DALLAS, AND SOME OF THE OUTLYING CITIES WERE HIT PRETTY HARD, BY THESE HUGE TORNADOES. IT WAS A BIT SCARY.
MOTHER NATURE CAN BE UNPREDICTABLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE'S BEING MISTREATED. HOWEVER, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE POWER OF UNPREDICTABILITY. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BECOME, LARGELY UNPREDICTABLE, AND USED IT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. BEING UNPREDICTABLE, HAS A USE FOR ALL PEOPLE, FROM BUSINESSMEN TO ATHLETES, AND EVEN TO MODELS AND POLITICIANS. IT IS A WAY TO SHAKE THINGS UP. SOME PEOPLE, FAIL TO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA OF UNPREDICTABILITY AS WELL. WE TEND TO BELIEVE, THAT BEING UNPREDICTABLE, MEANS, BEING SHOCKING AND CONTROVERSIAL, ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS SEEMS TO BE THE PATTERN FOR SUCCESS, THESE DAYS. HOWEVER, BEING UNEXPECTED AND UNPREDICTABLE, SIMPLY MEANS, DOING THINGS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL PATTERN, WHETHER PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. ACTORS, ARE VERY GOOD AT BEING UNPREDICTABLE, WELL, THE GOOD ONES ARE. THIS IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR VERSATILITY AND RANGE AS AN ACTOR. ONE MOVIE, THEY DO A COMEDY, THE NEXT IT'LL BE AN INDIE DRAMA, AND LATER IT'LL BE A BIG BUDGET ACTION FILM, ALL IN THE SAME YEAR. THIS IS THE PATTERN, FOR SUCCESS, TRULY.
WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN TO BE UNPREDICTABLE, AT SOME POINT. WHETHER THIS IS TO FURTHER OUR CAREERS, OR KEEP THINGS INTERESTING IN OUR RELATIONSHIPS, THE FACT THAT THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHANGE UP, HELPS TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING. IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A RUT, OR IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A MUNDANE PATTERN, SWITCHING UP YOUR VIEWPOINT, OR SWITCHING UP YOUR POINT OF ATTACK, CAN OPEN UP A RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOURSELF. NEVER LIMIT YOURSELF, BY DOING, WHAT YOU THINK OTHER PEOPLE, THINK, YOU SHOULD BE DOING. AS AN ENTREPRENEUR, BEING VERSATILE IS ALMOST A GIVEN. AS AN ARTIST, THIS CAN QUICKLY BECOME A YOKE, OR A BURDEN. YOU ARE KNOWN FOR A PARTICULAR STYLE, AND YOU FAIL TO ADVANCE OR TO TRY NEW THINGS, BECAUSE, YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR NICHE, OR YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE. HOWEVER, IT IS ALWAYS THE ONES, THAT PUSH THE BOUNDARIES, THAT ATTAIN A HIGHER LEVEL OF SUCCESS, AND PERSONAL SATISFACTION. BRUCE LEE SAID, "BE LIKE WATER", AND THIS IS VERY TRUE, BUT, ME BEING FROM THE GUTS AND GLORY OF TEXAS WOULD RATHER SAY....
"BE LIKE TEXAS WEATHER" - 925