CAMELOT FANTASIES

Quote from: thetruth on September 28, 2014, 02:30:14 am

I am a fan of the underdog and misunderstood as well. But, my reasoning for supporting the Big Four is their dedication to their craft. They understand that they have a limited shelf life and do whatever they can to both extend it and maximize their potential. It is the maximizing that I am a fan of, and the dedication to do it for such a long period of time. It speaks to their mental strength, which I am also a fan of.

As much as I like players like Berdych, Lopez, Verdasco, etc. I have no hope for them stringing a great week together that will culminate in a major in the end. So, since competitiveness ranks very high on my list, the "never wills" don't get my unbridled loyalty.

I like the longevity (like the way Agassi was and Hewitt is - it's adorable) but I don't like domination. It doesn't please me at all that both Nadal and Federer are still on top of this game and are ranked 2 and 3. From my perspective, thank God for Nole otherwise these two would have been ranked 1 and 2 and that would have been since 2005 and Federer since 2003. That's a bit too long for my taste and utterly boring.

Most importantly, things should change or else there will be no improvement and we'd still be slaving our way. I am a big fan of change. If things don't change and remain the same then we learn nothing. A flower is beautiful but if it doesn't change its colour and take other forms, then it will become boring and will eventually lose its beauty or we won't be able to see it anymore. There's a reason why things don't last forever because it's not meant to be that way. You lose sense of things and you can no longer appreciate it.

I learn many things by associating myself with different things in life. It's been many years I've spent time with own culture, people etc. There's nothing to learn, nothing to venture, nothing to gain - it's pretty same old, same old. How does one evolve and grow in that typical environment? Change is great. It means we are learning something new, we are moving forward, we are evolving just as much the Universe evolving itself since the Big Bang. Out with the old and in with the new. Old is gold no doubt as we have experienced things and learned valuable lessons but we must let the new in as there are many things yet to experience and new lessons yet to learn. It's very exciting at least to me.

In fact, I am so much in for changes that I don't even keep the same job more than 3 years. I either change the job or I take a new position where the environment is somewhat new. I don't hang out with my old friends because I feel I know everything about them and there's not much there for me to learn from them. Reason why I don't have a Facebook where the very idea is to keep in touch with your old friends. I don't even stay on the same forum for too long and I never want to date the same guy or be in the same relationship forever. I change houses every few years. I love meeting new people because there's so much to learn from them and I explore many things for the same reason. I love learning the most. It's my greatest passion and might just be my true purpose in this life as well because of the way I live it.

So that's me but I am very respectful about the way you feel too. This is what I like because I most certainly don't want everyone to feel the same way as I do. Then we'd be living in such a boring world. Contrast is beautiful. This is why it's great to meet new people since it gives different perspectives of things and you get to learn something new.

No, I don't feel the same way. I think the level of play that these two displayed was otherworldly for almost a decade. I can never be bored with excellence. I'm also not adventurous or a risk-taker. I like life calm, soothing, and predictable. I can continually grow in the same spot, because nothing is even stagnant, even friends or mates. You can spend a lifetime with someone and never understand them. I find that just as fascinating.