*bristle*
I hate other people choosing my fights for me. This is why I don't like activist bandwagons in general. Now, some causes I am for. Some I agree with. But I don't like the implication that if I am for one issue, I have to support a whole slew of others. I am not a "group" person and I don't like being railroaded into this and that group. It is always a bad thing to have me in a group due to emotional blackmail. I don't give a damn how socially expected some views are, I will not adopt or support things I don't believe in and I'm not going to just believe something just because you think there is proof beyond a doubt.
I really don't play well with others. I only survive in social interactions because I am at heart a generous and well-meaning person. But I am also as stubborn as a mule with a grudge at times. I can actually feel mental roots growing from my heels into the ground when I get ready to meet some opposition.
I don't believe that you can control everything in life. What's more, I don't think you should try in some cases. That said, I do believe that there is a lot we can do, but we have to know what we're working with first. You know, the whole Serenity Prayer bit - "God grant me patience to accept what I can't change, the strength to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
I don't surf, but I think life is a lot like surfing. You can control how your board enters the waves and lean to keep your balance, but you can't actually control the waves. If you work to control the waves, you'll more than likely drown yourself. Whereas, if you work the waves and use their energy to your advantage, you will be the envy of the beach.
I've seen too many people try to change the waves, instead of working with them. Too many people thinking that man does control nature and, as far as I am concerned, are only a step or two away from metaphorically tossing virgins into volcanos to solve problems that are not human spawned, instead of actually doing things that actually are within their power to do.
I am tempted to say that it's mostly because many of them don't know what is in their power and what isn't, but on further thought I think the problem is that they are scared of change and want to hold back the tide. But without change, there is no life. Without change, there is no growth or learning. I just think that instead of trying to make the waves fit our ideal of them, we should try to embrace the waves as they are and work with them.
Sometimes things only seems ideal because we think we know them...
I really don't play well with others. I only survive in social interactions because I am at heart a generous and well-meaning person. But I am also as stubborn as a mule with a grudge at times. I can actually feel mental roots growing from my heels into the ground when I get ready to meet some opposition.
I don't believe that you can control everything in life. What's more, I don't think you should try in some cases. That said, I do believe that there is a lot we can do, but we have to know what we're working with first. You know, the whole Serenity Prayer bit - "God grant me patience to accept what I can't change, the strength to change what I can, and the wisdom to know the difference."
I don't surf, but I think life is a lot like surfing. You can control how your board enters the waves and lean to keep your balance, but you can't actually control the waves. If you work to control the waves, you'll more than likely drown yourself. Whereas, if you work the waves and use their energy to your advantage, you will be the envy of the beach.
I've seen too many people try to change the waves, instead of working with them. Too many people thinking that man does control nature and, as far as I am concerned, are only a step or two away from metaphorically tossing virgins into volcanos to solve problems that are not human spawned, instead of actually doing things that actually are within their power to do.
I am tempted to say that it's mostly because many of them don't know what is in their power and what isn't, but on further thought I think the problem is that they are scared of change and want to hold back the tide. But without change, there is no life. Without change, there is no growth or learning. I just think that instead of trying to make the waves fit our ideal of them, we should try to embrace the waves as they are and work with them.
Sometimes things only seems ideal because we think we know them...