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WOW... (make that a WOW...). Iconoplast, you are an Ace, you, jewel. I was actually going to say you are my soul mate, but I am so pedantic myself that I would have been unable to put in such simple words.
I understand and see your question D'Israeli, but from what I read above and remember from older discussions, even if I give away the details someone... or something, will have that writhing, hideous feelig inside, tenaciously guaranteeing that myself, or whomever is involved, is lying, lying. But the question I posited was actually itended to probe the overall notions of "powerlessness" that would have come up, but I'm afraid this thread may be coming to an end indeed.
And Reflect, what a demanding despot you've turned out to be, also considering you opened this thread... lucky I refrained of posting more Asterix and Obelix pictures, since you may in fact be requesting something I may or may not have, but I'll give a piece anyway.
Now, excuse me for a minute as I insult and degrade my wife a bit.
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[SLAM!!] There she goes, two tears down her cheeks. Oh, never mind, she's my very Special Ace.
Anyway, what I was thinking these days is that what mommy and daddy try to teach to every indivdual of a living specie is, in short, that its a predatory universe: you eat, and you are most likely to be eaten. So, just as you don't walk into public or semi-public places kissing and hugging every person you feel like doing so, and as you also don't expect the greatest of graces to fall upon you, I would say you also don't do so alike when comming into much less hurtful semi-public internet boards. And if you feel like following "what your heart tells you", I would recommend that you really be prepared to meet whatever your heart will guide you too -and then it is much unlikely mommy and daddy have prepared you for this one-, myself being someone who more than once realised was not at the height of responsibility to cope with the many events and consequences that ensued from following "my heart's lead".
Now, this discussion was started with the intent to bring change, and thus change will come. Just as Grant exposed it in his first post in this discussion, by pointing to a page with the life cycles of, well, of mostly anything you can point a finger to, change is but a function of any process, living or not. But I would like to bring forward the notion of this discussion and its inherent restlessness as being rather a symptom of impending change, and not the throttle lever of change itself.
You know, we've all been casted here to play very specific roles, roles which, as becomes evident from the posts above, have been being played for quite a long time. But I would not put on the shoulders of any of the casted the responsibility of bringing forth change, whole, large, systemic change, or even having motivated the need of it. And behold, because I also do not advocate to just stop the whole thing here. In fact, I do recommend that we play our roles till the healthful end, but maybe bearing through our considerations the light and refreshing impression that we are here little more than red blood cells unable to tell exactly if we are going through veins or arteries, although with a very specific function set by, and for, the system itself, which is the sum of cells, tissues, and organs, the big, bloody, misterious, Organism. It is that light, humorous an elegant spirit I can only but honestly wish for us to go and keep alive for playing roles, responsibly playing any of our roles, even Death. Or insulting wife.
And that's still the subtle point of bringing systemic change: nobody knows for certain "how-to", and no crazy bunch of red blood cells moving through your forearm's veins can convince you to stop watching that shitty "Friends" episode on TV and go do something more oxygenating. The heart beats faster as change comes, and the blood boils they say. Introspection preceeds it, just as most of this has been so far. GO check back the Wiki Life Cycle. See you at the rebirth in splinters, whatever that turns out to be. |
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