You have two choices in this blog post.
1) Live into your old age as an average joe, doing nothing of any real notiable merit that would make you famous.
2) Die in your early twenties, but be insanely famous. People would know your name 2,000 years from now.
I choose 2.
Choice 1 has many compelling arguments - wisdom, experience, the joy of children and, well, life in all the inherant generality of the word. But I don't think age gauruntees happiness or wisdom. I don't think extra time carries meaning unless you do something with it. And I want to do something with my time. It not that I want wild fame - but I want to lead something, make something, do something important that changes my world, city, or town. And I think an average joe would do that.
Choice 2 means that I DID something - something hopefully good that can teach others and affect them. I choose two out of faith that what I did was good - I wouldn't want to be remembered as an evil person - but if I did something stupid, that would work because the lesson would be positive. (Don't do what that fool Will Slack did 1,500 years ago.)
Dying at an early age is not a crime, though its often the result of one. I make my choice based on the life I want, not the death I want. Choice 1 limits my life, and Choice two limits its span. And I care more about content then length.
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
10 Objects in War
In no particular order:
Rope (thin, synthetic):
Rope is a binder - it lashes things together, it raises things up high,
It holds them up above the drop, an article in which we place our faith.
Bend it, Twist it, Curl it, Knot it, and it weakens. Always.
Pennant (on small chain around neck):
Take care of the heart, for from it comes the wellspring of life. (Proverbs)
It is wind - shades of blue upon shades of blue, sweeping across the sky.
Sprig (grass, from my yard):
Breathe in the oxygen received, feel the texture of safe life.
Pebble (from the creek):
Smooth from long survival
Bowl (phoenix scratched in bottom):
Put coins in, worry in, fear in. The Phoenix perseveres.
Sword (miniature, from Toledo):
Straight with hope, steel lettteropener, to begin.
Dictionary (Liliput, blue):
Knowledge, resource, holds the unknown
Hacky Sack (not brand name):
Bounce it, throw it, sack it
Feather (small, light):
Flutters, flies, spins in wind, darts, is unpredictable. Alive on the air's breath.
Family Tree (with my cousins and what they do, catagorized and colored):
Because my past is important, and we are what we were unless we choose otherwise.
Such bonds are not chosen, only shared.
Rope (thin, synthetic):
Rope is a binder - it lashes things together, it raises things up high,
It holds them up above the drop, an article in which we place our faith.
Bend it, Twist it, Curl it, Knot it, and it weakens. Always.
Pennant (on small chain around neck):
Take care of the heart, for from it comes the wellspring of life. (Proverbs)
It is wind - shades of blue upon shades of blue, sweeping across the sky.
Sprig (grass, from my yard):
Breathe in the oxygen received, feel the texture of safe life.
Pebble (from the creek):
Smooth from long survival
Bowl (phoenix scratched in bottom):
Put coins in, worry in, fear in. The Phoenix perseveres.
Sword (miniature, from Toledo):
Straight with hope, steel lettteropener, to begin.
Dictionary (Liliput, blue):
Knowledge, resource, holds the unknown
Hacky Sack (not brand name):
Bounce it, throw it, sack it
Feather (small, light):
Flutters, flies, spins in wind, darts, is unpredictable. Alive on the air's breath.
Family Tree (with my cousins and what they do, catagorized and colored):
Because my past is important, and we are what we were unless we choose otherwise.
Such bonds are not chosen, only shared.
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