open, except those parts that are not

[morningpeacock]

stop being
afraid
of what could go
wrong
& focus
on what could go
right


What a splendid day!

Reminder to all that daily exercise and sunshine will always improve one's mood! Smile and enjoy your day and think positive thoughts!! Whatever you are setting out to accomplish today, you can! Each step puts you closer to your goal! If you are passionate enough and driven enough, anything is possible!

-- Maito Gai



[Locked to Minato, Kushina, and Rin]

Whenever you are free, I would like very much to speak to you about a personal, private, and important matter. It does not have to be the three of you together, just at your convenience, but as soon as is possible.

Thank you!

-- Maito Gai

Comments

[morningpeacock]

I apologize. I have been known to jump to such assumptions.

I would not call you a coward. But you do not have to be so cautious. My father showed me that, when the world is certain you will fail, you do not have to accept the world's choices for you. Smile and move along and achieve your dreams. I would like to see others realize their dreams as well! And sometimes I need to write these reminders, like the one above, to pep myself for my own endeavors.

And you did not answer my question about your dreams and aspirations, Pettigrew-san!

[lostmarauder]

As I said, you're making assumptions about someone you don't know.

My dreams and aspirations have come to where I wished for them to be when I was young. It only happened because of my caution.

Pettigrew

[morningpeacock]

I will cease to make such assumptions then!

But I have a new question or two for you:
Do your childhood goals being accomplished satisfy you?
Do you have new dreams and aspirations now that those are achieved?

[lostmarauder]

Dreams are something that at this moment, I can't afford, but I work on projects until such a time as that would be... workable.

And yes, being a shinobi pleases me.

Pettigrew.

[morningpeacock]

One can always afford dreams.

And I am glad. That in and of itself should motivate you to continue to dream and pursue those dreams. How satisfying it is to achieve something you have wished for your entire life!

[lostmarauder]

Dreams get people killed.

It was not an all at once sort of goal achievement. It was gradual, and mostly carefully planned.

Do you never plan things?

[morningpeacock]

Nothing worth anything ever came without risk. Sometimes life is the risk.

My achievements have been gradual as well.

I plan! I am planning something now, in fact. And I make goals: "I will do __ laps around the village before lunchtime or I will do __ pushups to make up for that!" I plan visits. But I do not allow plans to dictate my life.

[lostmarauder]

Those aren't plans you know. Those are lists.

Plans are... broader in scope than that. They also come with dozens of contingencies. Don't yours? The idea of a plan only going one way is absurd, which is what it would have to be for it to be a diction.

[morningpeacock]

[ ANGRY SCRIBBLE ]

They are to-do lists! That is still a plan. I can PLAN what I am buying at the grocery! THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT NOT A PLAN EVEN IF I LIST IT AS A LIST!!!

Of course there are contingencies!! That does not mean that I accept those! My plan now, of course, has many possible outcomes. But it does no good to focus on the bad ones! If one of those happens, it happens! There is little I can do about it, so I am choosing to live with the positive one in mind and hope that my positive energy and winning attitude helps make GOOD. THINGS. HAPPEN.

[lostmarauder]

So you're saying you see and admit the bad ones exist.

Didn't you say that was fear?

[morningpeacock]

FEAR WOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGING THE BAD ONES AND LETTING THAT DICTATE MY CHOICES. FEAR WOULD BE NOT DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE I WAS TOO CAUTIOUS AND TO AFRAID OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE BAD RESULTS HAPPENED.

FEAR WOULD BE THE MONTHS IT HAS TAKEN ME TO DO THIS.

So no! That is not fear. Not now.

[lostmarauder]

So, what I'm getting out of all this is that you wrote this note to make yourself feel better because you've been freaking out about something?

There are worse reasons I suppose.

[morningpeacock]

Yes! Yes I have. And I am proud to say it has worked, despite your efforts to thwart my mood!

You have never needed a self-pep talk?

[lostmarauder]

Usually things like that only make me feel worse about things actually. Better to pretend to other people than to myself.

[morningpeacock]

[ Sadly, he understands. ]

It is not pretending, though! Your positive attitude will put you more at ease! It is reassuring! You need to work on reassuring yourself!

[lostmarauder]

If you ever met me in person you'd understand.

But no, I'm getting exactly what I need to do what I need to do already, thank you.

[morningpeacock]

I think you are selling yourself short, Pettigrew-san!

A little extra reassurance does not hurt.

[lostmarauder]

I think you're not grasping my meaning Maito-san, but that's okay, you'll either see me in person someday or not.

What are you reassuring yourself for?

[morningpeacock]

Perhaps you could better explain?

[ He is busting at the seams to tell someone because right now only Kakashi knows and Gai would love to have someone to talk to about it! ...But he doesn't know you. And he knows that some groups took the rumors seriously and... ]

A personal matter. An important discussion. I have never been good with discussions; I am a person of action, so this is a bit out of my element.

[lostmarauder]

I'm not giving me secrets about me if you're not giving any back, so no.

Not being yourself is obviously not helping your nerves though.

[morningpeacock]

Fair enough.


But there is a. way. these. things. are. done.

And I am going to do this right. Because everything this is, everything it means, and everyone involved in it, deserves that. So I will take the steps necessary.

If I do it right, that betters the chances of my outcome, too! Undoubtedly!!

[lostmarauder]

You make it sound like you're planning a whole huge event with a lot of people.

You didn't strike me as the type somehow.

[morningpeacock]

Now who is making assumptions about someone they do not know, Pettigrew-san! ^_^

What did I strike you as?

[lostmarauder]

Someone direct. My mistake.

So it is a big event you're planning that has you anxious then?

[morningpeacock]

I Your assumption was correct!

It is a traditional event. One that has rules!