This has basically been a recent convo between my friends and I, but obviously from the few discussions I have had with outside people tells me I first must explain the title. There is basically some fable or some story which talks about apples, and how the overripe, dirty and rotten apples have fallen to the ground, they aren't clean or good but they are esy because you just pick them up. On the other hand there are some peaces of fruit that hang low and are about to fall which are a little past their best level of ripeness but they are clean an easy to pick, however the best apples are up higher in the treat and require some level of work to get and while they may taste the best the question is if they are really worth all of the work.
All of this is to say is that if you are not careful you will look around one day and find yourself surrounded by low hanging fruit, if not fruit you picked up off the ground. You are generally unhappy with life because you have always taken the easy way out. Unfortunately low hanging fruit is not even low maintenance, but nothing sucks more than being stressed out by some individual that you do not even like but only started up with because they happen to be in the right place at the right time and available for your purposes.
Which leads to the main point of how much should you sacrefice excitement for stablity? If we accept the fact that some people truly are out of our league, what makes someone a reasonable goal worth working towards, and when do they become an unattainable fantasy? This was brough to mind by the preview for the new Zach Braff movie, where the main character has a good life (to some) but it was a bit too easy, a bit too smooth, there was no excitement. I guess the question is can a person be considered happy ever after if the best of times are maxed out at 6 of 10. Because that is the problem, the safe people is never but so exciting, and at which point are you just being a grown up who doesn't chase dreams, or are you settling for the low hanging fruit? No matter what the answer is, I believe more folks do need to answer the question before they jump too deep. I know I know, people never want to really ask themselves if they are settling in a relationship. Everybody wants to say they are with the man/ woman of their dreams, but too many of those couples end up divorced because people aint real. I mean hell, I think I am pretty cool, but I know I ain't Prince Charming. In fact, I get a bit scared (ok a lot scared) whenever I meet someone telling me that I am too great.... but hey maybe I am trippin... Cause it doesn't make one wonder that if I am going to climb up the tree should I get the one I want no matter what people say is the best or should I go for the best I can get? That just sounds like a question for therapy doesn't it?
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