Phil 115: Entry 15
There is a world of difference between free-floating through the universe, and taking a hold of the wheel and driving through it all. One may see the sights either way, but there is a great sense of purpose in the latter.
In The Razor's Edge, we are introduced to Larry, a young man just returned from war. Having to bear witness to his friend's deaths, Larry comes back to America a broken and beaten down soul. What makes him capture everybody's attention is what he sets out to do. To those he runs into and interacts with, he calls his journey a mission "to loaf"; but deep down, the path he decides to take is much more complicated. Larry is on the road to experience.
It's not easy to leave what you have behind and go see what lies beyond, but it is when one has nothing left to lose. Is what Larry does so bizarre? Can't the people around him (outside of the author) see that sometimes it's necessary to leave, in order to find your place?
Oh how amazing it seems to travel; to sit next to somebody only to enjoy their company and nothing more. It's those moments that life is all about, those moments where one realizes how right Voltaire was. We really are lucky mud.
In The Razor's Edge, we are introduced to Larry, a young man just returned from war. Having to bear witness to his friend's deaths, Larry comes back to America a broken and beaten down soul. What makes him capture everybody's attention is what he sets out to do. To those he runs into and interacts with, he calls his journey a mission "to loaf"; but deep down, the path he decides to take is much more complicated. Larry is on the road to experience.
It's not easy to leave what you have behind and go see what lies beyond, but it is when one has nothing left to lose. Is what Larry does so bizarre? Can't the people around him (outside of the author) see that sometimes it's necessary to leave, in order to find your place?
Oh how amazing it seems to travel; to sit next to somebody only to enjoy their company and nothing more. It's those moments that life is all about, those moments where one realizes how right Voltaire was. We really are lucky mud.