Philosophical babblings again
To babble or not to babble? And if I can't babble in my LJ, where will I do it? (In the emails I send to Mystique, lol)
Somebody talked to me about humility. "What's the use?" I ask. Why search for humility, when no matter how much pride I have, it's not enough for me in order to do all the things I want to do? "Find a better way to tell me I am annoying. And maybe think of something new?" I say. What's more, humility and pride are both feelings and behaviors. Don't let their duality confuse you.
On the other hand, there is John Galt. He has been in my mind again yesterday. The man with "a face with no pain or guilt or fear". Those words have been stuck in my mind since I read Atlas Shrugged and only yesterday I realized their significance. I thought they showed how John Galt is a character transcending humanity. I thought they meant he hadn't ever felt those emotions. But yesterday I thought, there is no way a human being hasn't felt those things. Having a face that shows no pain, no guilt, no fear means that no matter how many times we experience them, we should never let them control us. Concerning fear, it is a common saying that it shouldn't control us. I think that the same applies to pain and guilt. We can't disregard them, but we can see them as part of a system which makes us what we are.
Seriously, right now I have an increasing admiration for not only John Galt in an emotional level but Shûji Kiritani as well, in a general level. (Do you remember my post about Nobuta wo Produce? - And because I don't want to stuff everything in a single entry, here comes a second one)