go on and save yourself

why does everyone look for someone else to blame -- to solve their problems/issues for them -- to 'bail them out'? the last time i checked, the pilot going down in his cockpit still had to pull the ejection handle...no one else was going to do it for him. i guess this stems from the 'let somebody else do the hard work, and if they don't do it well enough, i will just put them down' mentality. you have to pick yourself up -- everyone makes mistakes and trips up. why should we expect some handout to fix us? you have to do the work!

most of the time, good fortune has come my way when i chose to stop feeling sorry for myself and get off my butt and begin moving in the right direction...even if they were baby steps at first and i fell back often. just putting forth the effort seems to shift the 'karma' wheel moving in the right direction to allow better times to roll on home. now i do believe that we have a path to follow -- a good path -- that if we stray from it, bad things happen. but we can course correct and find the right road again.

i know it is hard work -- especially if you are backtracking or way off the road. be patient, it does take some time to change...but the journey begins with one step...one foot 'right' behind the other.

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cochise -- audioslave

well i been watchin'
while you been coughin
i've been drinking life
while you've been nauseous
and so i drink to health
while you kill yourself
and i got just one thing
that i can offer

go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me yeaaaah!

well i'm not a martyr
i'm not a prophet
and i won't preach to you
but here's a caution
you better understand
that i won't hold your hand
but if it helps you mend
then i won't stop it

go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me yeaaaaah!

drown if you want
and i'll see you in the bottom
where you crawl
on my skin
and put the blame on me
so you don't feel a thing

go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me
go on and save yourself
and take it out on me yeaaaahh!!!!