Captain's Log

[the_sinistral]

Captain’s Log,

The US female fencing team has swept the saber event, winning the gold, silver, and bronze medals. It comes as no surprise, but with great delight, that the gold and silver medal winners are both left-handed. Yes indeed, that tickles me.

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[zeality]

Triple post!

And communicating the springtime of youth is attractive to me because I believe the power of interpersonal exchanges is underestimated. In my adventures of casually asking people their most sacred ambitions, I'm sure I've caused a few men and women to think and analyze their desires. My refusal to accept and my presence outside the realm of another person's problems allows me to dispassionately (well, with the passion of youth) identify paths of potential free from that person's constricting limitations or frame of reference. Saying to someone, "there is another way," "it doesn't have to be like this," or "if you've got the will, you can make it happen" seems to be a pleasure I don't get enough of right now. It's more than just saying "yeah, what a pain" when hearing someone's problem; it's laying the groundwork for a new, better reality by issuing the challenge to improve; to see that trifles in life are only minor and impermanent. And every new experience I have is another chapter on which to draw in such an exchange. And influencing someone to be in the springtime of youth could start a chain reaction motivating others to become more aware.

I guess the only difficulty is that most people aren't ready to feel the passion of youth and channel it into practical action, let alone discuss important things like this with casual or good friends. So it's a tool I find hard to exercise. But that's why I started the Your Dreams thread at the Compendium; if anything, I'm reinforcing the atmosphere of freedom and youth on the forums. No topic is sacred, and no declaration is too grand. Every desire is a destiny on the road to serene awareness and illumination. And where we're going, we don't need...roads!