The people we meet on our way up are the same people we meet on our way down. True. But then, everybody knows that. So why is arrogance so common?

Because some people really are luckier than others. And people do get away with a lot. Maybe God has discount seasons too. And maybe we'll be in at the right spot sometime soon enough...

Building momentum, then keeping it.

Everybody wants to do well in life. Many people work very hard. Some people dont realize how hard they are working. We start working. Then get into the mode. Keep working. Keep going. Then things seem settled. We begin to slow down. We start to take success for granted. At such a point, its easy to lose the momentum we built over the time, with so much pain. And so it gets easier to get run-down. So what do we do about it? To keep that precious momentum. To keep that fire alive. To keep fighting. To keep on going. Just how do we do it?
I'll tell you what, its difficult. No, its VERY difficult. To RE-build momentum. To get there where you've been before. Mostly it is because we move forward by nature. To be staying in another moment and going back and bringing something from it. The idea itself brings for us - future shock. Which is nothing but the inability to move with time. Forward or backward.
Happens. To everybody. Sooner or later. Some people find it very hard to deal with. To get back to what they've left behind. To repeat. To redo.
But we just have to do it. Like everybody else has to in that situation. Because there is really no other way out. Literally!

Who else to blame?

How easy it is to accept everything blaming it on destiny. We blame ourselves, someone else or situations, but how often is it that we really blame it on that one person who we so fear. God. Isn't he the reason why its all right or all wrong. Really he's the only unfair guy around anywhere. And what the hell is destiny, anyway? Mere excuse to make the pain easier to tolerate?

Sometimes, we can think like this too...

Its ok to be scared.

Who wants criminals or potential criminals in their lives? Anybody? Well, of course not!
Its ok to be scared sometimes. To just take the less heroic path and avoid stuff. Bad stuff. People do bad things to each other. And there are things we don't want to be happening to us. So whenever those things come up, we just avoid the path that leads us there. Is that right? Is that wrong?
If the issue is small, maybe its better to face it. But crime? And really, we don't know what some people can be capable of doing.
Physical well being is important. An athlete may lose his entire life if someone breaks his legs only out of rage. Some accidents can lead to a mental state where we can lose our confidence.
Sometimes its just better to listen to what we're being told. Sometimes its just better to think of safety all the time. Look who you're with. Be aware of who is staring at you. Take care about other people obsessions, it may sometimes affect you. We just never know.