Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets and... well I presume you get the point, catch my drift and grasp the concept I suppose.  You see I've been stumbling upon existential; "everything happens for reason" innuendos quite a lot lately and it really got me thinking.  I mean all this talk about "the secret" this and "we are all connected" that has created a whirlwind of unpredictable thoughts within my own head.  And what if, what if it was all that simple and at the same time that extremely complicated.  What if we are as they say just a small piece of that gargantuan puzzle called life?  What if we could all sit down and map out our lives just so and in the fruits of our efforts we would stumble upon an undeniable, impenetrable truth? 

So what about Lola?  Well all I really know is that Lola got whatever Lola wanted.  I guess we can all take after Lola and go on a pursuit of all those things that we desire.  We are all waiting for life to begin.  Waiting to capture happiness and keep it in a jar on top of our bookshelf next to that second place trophy that's been collecting dust for just about a decade.  "When I graduate, get married, when I get that job, get promoted, when I move, when I come back, when I get a new car, when I get a haircut; so on and so forth that is when my life will truly begin."  But happiness is liquid; it is a force within a force, a body of energy, intangible and constantly morphing into the next best thing.  I guess the real key is to still want something once you finally get your hands on it.    

Oh the horror I say, oh the humanity!  We are all just ticking time bombs waiting to explode and begin our lives.  So what would Lola do?  I don't know much about Lola but I do know that waiting for something that may never even come is no way to spend one's days.  I call it waiting mode, a halted version of real life.  So I suggest you grab the bull by the horns or the balls depending on how you see things and get on with it. 

The trick is to use all of the other little puzzle pieces that surround you to create your very own work of art.  It's not the destination but oh yes that's right you guessed it; it damn well is the journey.  There I even threw in a cliché for you just for kicks.  But seriously though, why not take advantage of what life has to offer, and remember that you will never be 25, 38, 44, 19 or 53 ever again.  Have your cake and eat it too because come on now lets face it what good is cake if you can't eat it and I am quite certain that if Madame Antoinette was around today she would certainly agree.  So whether its your low-carb diet or you high strung career remember to eat some ice-cream and take a day off from time to time to clear your head and do whatever it is you little heart may desire.

By: Lucky Clover