something that I am sure of...

Not sure what it is but I guess it is just an age thing. Or a brain thing. I go to bed pretty exhausted, as I like to do, and then a few hours later, I am awake, after some fantastical dream, and unable to sleep again. I feel that 4 or 5 hours of sleep is not quite enough, yet I lie there awake and restless. This morning I ended up on the computer to do some research and realized that my blog has been idle for over 2 years!
Now, one must wonder, does this matter? I would guess only to myself at this point. Not sure that anyone has read the first two posts, but maybe we can get something going here. We'll see. Not working at a job right now, so maybe I will be able to stay at it, although it does seem that my days are full and time passes quickly. No sense of free time piling up as there are always a number of things on the list of things to get done, tasks to be completed, errands to run, items to clean or repair, improvements to be made to the home or life arrangement.
Anyway, the thought for the day is in regards to the quote "There is no one right way to live". I was considering what it was I could be entirely sure of and this quote comes pretty close.
Looking for this quote on the internet yields information it comes from a book called Ishmael by Daniel Quinn as found on here: http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/10330.Daniel_Quinn. Included in my search are many, many references to this quote, thought or idea, in every topic from weight lifting ("there is no one right way to weight train.") to grief ("there is no "one right way" to grieve.") to web sites ("There is no, one, right way to do social media.) In most of these instances, the writer likes to point out immediately after this statement that the are plenty of wrong ways to do these, and many other, tasks.
To me, this is inherently negative and defeating - and possibly becoming too much a part of our societal psyche at this point. It defeats the thinker and leads to preventing them from believing that they have one of the right ways that it can be done, and proceeding with instinctual confidence. If there is "no one right way" then how could they possibly have a right way? They can't and probably have one of the "wrong ways" they may think to themselves.
For myself, I would prefer to think of it, and have the solid confidence that the one sure thing is that "there are many right ways to live" (or do anything!) We have to stop thinking negatively and finding the positive, communal ways of thinking and building a better world. We can use any of these many right ways and get things done to improve our lot. In fact, living in an infinite universe, it is pretty hard to imagine that it all comes down to one way, or one thing. There has to be an infinite number or ways, and as many good ways as bad.
Anyway, I would like to re-quote Daniel Quinn here, and hope that it is picked up by writers and quoters, as follows:
The one thing that I can be sure of is that there are many right ways".
Cheers and have a great day!