Sunday, March 05, 2006

Dillema of Dillemas

I just don't think I can take it anymore.

I know I am supposed to act all positive and everything. And that I am supposed to hold within me some sort of passive sense of self-motivation. But I don't have it in me anymore. I have the lost the will to fight for anything.

I tried so many times to get up and attempt to make it on my own. But life keeps throwing casualties in my face. I am told that I am not old. But when you think of it, if I am going to get any progress done; it might as well be now or never. Else I will face dire consequences of having to deal with things that I should have dealt with when I was younger. But I didn't have the chance because of many factors.

I still have to find a place for me life. I know I am a good writer and I have put that will to the test, be it in the sense of writing poetry, short articles for theweek, or short stories for the Horizon newsletter in Sultan Qaboos University.

I aspire to become a very well known writer. That's my goal. Yet, my goal will only get me so far in my life should I choose to live furtheron here in Oman. And then I would have to deal with many other things such as my medical situation, plus the fact that I am still single.

So single isn't a problem to many of you - in fact, most of you. But to me, it is a case of insercurity. And I udnerstand that I cannot go on with that unless I get myself properly employed to own up to my responsibilities. But fact is, no one's willing to give me a chance. Dozens of CVs are sent within a month's time and still no answer. And when I say I want to a proper job I mean one that would that would suitably compensate for 4 years worth of Business Administration degree studying and not getting underpaid just because that's 'company policy'.

But still, the future ahead of us is still unclear - is it not?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Ali

I could not sleep, woke up with a nightmare in fact. This has no relevance to your mail, just thought i would share that with you.

I tap into your little page, read your thoughts and give my reflections, comments and advise (for what they are worth). Its terrible to feel what you are going through, not from a selfish perspective but because i really would like to help if i can.

You are a special person and definitely a good writer. Your aspirations are not wasted. It appears your insecurity is getting the better of you. You know its possible to be in a relationship and be insecure. Its how you see yourself and how you treat yourself. Spend some quality time in the lake called 'Ali' - well thats what i do. Have a little chat with myself you know? Its not the easiest of things to do but only you can get yourself out of the vortex. And yes your future is unclear, as is most peoples! Nothing is cast in stone. Ever!

I wish i knew how to give you some self belief (not to mention a job!). Please know you are not alone and i am sure there are many people who read your heart and soul on here who feel the same way as me.

Take care and keep safe.

Sleepless In Muscat said...

Andromeda:

Sorry to hear about you waking from a nightmare - hopefully it's just a bad dream and you'll forget about it as soon as possible.

I appreciate your handing out a helping hand to my problem but i guess just as you said it's up to me to get myself out of my own vortex and defeat my own insecurity.

I don't whether this is relevant to the topic or not but I am going to say this anyhow; I am a great fan of this PS2 game which is named The Prince of Persia. In the second installation of the trilogy - The Warrior Within - there are many signs that run into the prince to show him that there is no escaping his own fate but in the end of everything it goes to show that even he could change his own fate. I hope you understood what I meant. :oS

Thanks for your advice in general and your moral support - I greatly value your words.

Many thanks and take care of yourself, too.

;o)

Anonymous said...

Ali:

I do understand what you mean.

If you think about the great writers or poets the vast majority of them struggled. Not just to be recognised but with their own demons. Some did not achieve it during their lifetimes. I am curious as to whose poetry you like to read. Who makes/has made a difference to you?

Have you heard of Charles Bukowski? He was an alcoholic and a brilliant writer. Very tortured within himself but carried on writing, mainly poetry. Had over 45 books of poetry published. He still did not care. The poetry flowed out of him like a severed artery. He still kept drinking, going to the horse track and forever writing.

As for my nightmares its one of those things. A past that bubbles up out of a volcano of memories, erupting in my slumber. Its just the way it is and i have learnt to accept it. Thanks for your caring.

Anonymous said...

Some Bukowski for you:

so you want to be a writer?
if it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.

if you have to wait for it to roar out of
you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.

don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-
love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to
sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.

when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in
you.

there is no other way.

and there never was.

-Maha- said...

in life sometimes we face so many challenges ...but we should be up to them...i know you have so many things in your mind...and you consider them to be major dilemmas of your life...i am not saying they are not..but you are still very young to give up on your dreams....and i am sure you can over come all these obstacles when you have faith in your self and your talent....but above all if you have faith in Allah (swt) and if you pray with an honest heart then He won't let you down.....

you are talented..this you know...this a huge step....because believe me sometimes it takes a life time for some people to believe in them selves....so don’t give up..its ok to feel down for a while but try to lift your self up and remember when the going gets tough only the tough gets going...
and regarding you being single..well you are still young and I see this as a plus point for you..it means you are still available and still have all the possibilities to meet the right girl for you..the girl of your dreams and settle down...and you will find her when you are the least looking...i mean the least aware...remember we don’t go out to search for love or for someone to love....love just happens when it is destined to happen..so cheer up...wish you the best of luck..

Sleepless In Muscat said...

Andromeda: you wouldn't believe me if I told you that I have never read any piece of poetry in my entire existence..all I write comes from within me..my experience...I don't read because I believe one should set his/her own standards and not follow in other's footsteps..

As radical that may sound to anyone else, it makes perfect sense to me..

Although, I have read a few novels here and there - maybe over a handfull..

;o)

Thanks again for your words of encouragement.

SmilesnTears: I have heard that phrase over a zillion times in and out of depression modes..the part about things will become better but so far I have lived a pretty aimless life without someone by my side...that is how I view it and unfortunately everyone thinks that I am wrong to look at things in that perspective...

Maybe they are right ...

Sleepless In Muscat said...

mimi: it does make sense, though. doesn't it?

lol

;o)