Redesigning Your World

I really do not like spiders in general. Creepy little things with remarkable abilities to survive and spin webs that seem impervious to weather changes. Little ones irritate me and big ones are frightening and poisonous ones are dangerous and mean ones need to be in another universe other than mine. Not only do I not like spiders, but spider webs are nearly horrifying with their sticky, stringy attack on anything near. Walking into a web feels like a thousand whispy, invisible, evil neurons are invading my being, seeking to bore into each pore and expand those wicked tendrils into my blood stream, cutting off all hope of remaining a human being. Just an awful experience for sure.

But my admiration for spiders is quite high as they seem to accomplish so much in a short period of time. Most of them live no more than 2 years and during that time they may build as many as 700 plus webs or more depending on what happens. Of course there are some that build one web and add to it throughout their lifetime, ever changing and growing into a vast world of web (no, not quite the worldwide web!). Others build, destroy, and build again. Some are torn up from storms, others from humans, others from various animals, but most simply relocate and build again, complete their life cycle by making webs and flourishing through their remarkable productivity. No web is exactly like the previous web and the location of the surroundings alters the making of the web each time. Spiders are survivors and are constantly redesigning their world through hard work and diligence.

Such is the way of the world, constantly rebuilding and improving our immediate environment. It is a matter of avoiding stagnation and of treating each day as a new day with new things to learn and to discover. It is a process of thinking of life as an adventure and an opportunity to explore and to build upon that which is known or to build something new and bold, to make it better, to try it again using new methods, to redesign your world and to make your dreams a reality.

To learn something new and give it a whirl and apply some tenacity to the process: that is why I am pursuing my Master of Business Administration. As short as life is, I want to spend it learning and experimenting. I do not wish to make each day the same as the previous day. But regardless of having the heart of an explorer, I will always keep in mind that no step should be made without an unrelenting sense of responsibility, and that spiders may be cool little things in many ways but they also are a little frightening at times!