Saturday, July 19, 2008
Quote of the Week
"Those who face that which is actually before them, unburdened by the past, undistracted by the future, these are they who live, who make the best use of their lives; these are those who have found the secret of contentment." - Alban Goodier
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Righteous Anger
Despite the overall goodness of my life right now, the present moment finds me quite irate. My anger is centered around the fact that a very close friend of mine has been deceived, lied to, and ultimately jerked around in the worst sense of the phrase.
The truth of the matter is that the injustice suffered by my friend has absolutely no effect on me, other than the fact that it pisses me off. I will not lose sleep over it, it will have no physical or mental effect on me, and my life will continue uninterrupted. However, (to borrow a phrase from "Gladiator") I am terribly vexed. I suppose when all is said and done I'd like for my friends to at least be treated with respect. Especially by the people they trust.
Sometimes circumstances create a situation when there's simply nothing you can do. Other times a person chooses to do what is easy, because they are too immature or because doing what is right might take some effort on their part.
My friend, being a strong, resilient, faithful young man, will get over it. It would likely have hurt one way or the other. While that may be true, the fact remains that there was a right way and a wrong way to go about this matter, and clearly the wrong way was chosen.
That vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
The truth of the matter is that the injustice suffered by my friend has absolutely no effect on me, other than the fact that it pisses me off. I will not lose sleep over it, it will have no physical or mental effect on me, and my life will continue uninterrupted. However, (to borrow a phrase from "Gladiator") I am terribly vexed. I suppose when all is said and done I'd like for my friends to at least be treated with respect. Especially by the people they trust.
Sometimes circumstances create a situation when there's simply nothing you can do. Other times a person chooses to do what is easy, because they are too immature or because doing what is right might take some effort on their part.
My friend, being a strong, resilient, faithful young man, will get over it. It would likely have hurt one way or the other. While that may be true, the fact remains that there was a right way and a wrong way to go about this matter, and clearly the wrong way was chosen.
That vexes me. I am terribly vexed.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Quote of the Week
"To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others." - Anne-Sophie Swetchine
Thursday, July 03, 2008
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