Wednesday, September 05, 2007
As promised, a couple of pics and a bonus...some thoughts
First, the good part:
Now, the thoughts.
Respectability...it is an interesting word to me. I was talking to a girl from the gym about relationships(with all that is going on in the world, THIS topic seems to be all people truly want to talk about). In between my disruptive tangents and exaggerated outbursts of weary cynicism, we mused on the facades most people adorn in order to face the world. None of us are immune, but all of us are capable of transcending our costumes. While I have tried very hard to discard any mask I might be wearing, the very act of saying such a thing convinces some people that I am, in fact, putting on another form of facade. And at times in my life, I certainly have. We all do when we are young, doing so is a classical survival mechanism in adolescence. We shade over the fact that we know diddly-shit about Life with a veil of bravado, or in my case, antisocial, passive aggressive behaviors.
Most of us eventually outgrow, or just grow tired of, youth's sociological dysfunctions. Eventually we come to understand that nearly everyone we have ever known is in some way hiding something (and that wetoo have been hiding things). In that moment, we are free to actively change directions and redefine ourselves, or carry on with our private games of hide-and-seek. Whereas we were previously headed in an undesirable direction, we can now deconstruct our Self, examine the pieces, and discard, replace, or refresh the parts as we see fit. In that moment, we are free to be reborn. After all, very few of us get ourselves right from the start. We make concessions, move toward conformity, suffer hardships, and otherwise falter.
Rarely does a human find their sacred path on the first time into the sun.
We inevitably meander off course, or are pushed astray by life circumstances. How far and how long we are lost ultimately determines our integrity. How willingly we lose our way and remain off the path ultimately says more about our worth than a million words ever will. Our truth is defined by the divide between our words and our actions. When what we say is what we are, chances are good that we are at least living honesty, which makes for a good first step in getting ourselves headed in the right direction.
There's more floating around in my brain on this, but I have either written it out before, or cannot put it into a coherent format. Maybe some other time...
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i'm pretty sure at some point in our weird history of corresponding i've quoted lyrics from "the stranger" (billy joel), so i'll refrain, although they'd be perfect for your post!