I've made a lot of mistakes in my years. Most people say that they regret nothing that they have done. I think most people are lying to themselves or at least to the general public. It sounds more poetic to say that you have no regrets. Now the old and obviously about to die may say it and mean it, but they have good reason to, they are done. Tell you the truth I think they regret things too. You can't tell me the Marlboro man dying of lung cancer with a tube through his throat on his death bed didn't regret that first pack of cigarettes. The point is not that shouldn't regret individual things; because honestly if you would do nothing different knowing everything you know or think you know now, that almost means you didn't learn anything from any of those thousands of mistakes. I have some and not ashamed to say it. I will also say that to weigh a lifetime on individual events would be retarded. It is almost like saying the sum of all parts is equal to the whole, it isn't. Live life and try not to make the same mistake to many times. The only thing that I have ever wanted in life is to succeed in everything that I move forward in. Have I always won, no. But, I have had a hell of time trying. It is okay to regret things, what is not okay to not do something you want to do because you are afraid of regretting it later if it doesn't turn out well. Mandela said it best "it is not inadequacy we fear, it is greatness or the possibility of greatness."
When your desire to succeed in life is equivalent to your desire to breathe (while someone is holding you under water) then you are on the path grasshopper.
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Bob Was Right
I and I, is the philosophy that Rastas have sworn by for decades. While the rest of the world may look at this religion as the quasi hippie marijuana smoking religion made famous by Robert Nester Marley and isn't really counted in the debate about significant world religions, Rastas have come across a philosophical gold-mine that rivals those of Confusious, Socrates and Plato.
While the world's population has exploded and mankind has canvassed every square footage of the globe. Technology has cut down the walls that were used to separate us, it seems that we are further apart than we ever were. Mankind has made enormous gains in the war for technology, under the flag of the information age. But in that war, there has been casualties, such as compassion, caring and community to name a few. With the rise of emails and text messages and the death of good penmanship and personal calls, there is more need for I and I than ever before. It is like going to a dinner party with a room full of strangers; or being the only fan of the opposing team in a sea of enemies, regardless of how many are in your general vacinity, you still feel alone.
In layman's terms I and I simply states, I am I and you are I. While not grammatically correct it is philosophically correct. Some what like the biblical parable, "you are your brother's keeper" or my personal favorite, "love thy neighbor." If I refer to you in the same person that I refer to myself, that forces me to accept that what happens to you not only happens to me, but it effects me; we are intertwined with each other. I should love thy neighbor not because he lives in close proximity to me, but because he is me. I am my neighbor. John Nash cultivated a beautiful idea, that what's best for the individual is to think of what's best for the group. This is the core value that keeps I and I significant in today's world.
While the world's population has exploded and mankind has canvassed every square footage of the globe. Technology has cut down the walls that were used to separate us, it seems that we are further apart than we ever were. Mankind has made enormous gains in the war for technology, under the flag of the information age. But in that war, there has been casualties, such as compassion, caring and community to name a few. With the rise of emails and text messages and the death of good penmanship and personal calls, there is more need for I and I than ever before. It is like going to a dinner party with a room full of strangers; or being the only fan of the opposing team in a sea of enemies, regardless of how many are in your general vacinity, you still feel alone.
In layman's terms I and I simply states, I am I and you are I. While not grammatically correct it is philosophically correct. Some what like the biblical parable, "you are your brother's keeper" or my personal favorite, "love thy neighbor." If I refer to you in the same person that I refer to myself, that forces me to accept that what happens to you not only happens to me, but it effects me; we are intertwined with each other. I should love thy neighbor not because he lives in close proximity to me, but because he is me. I am my neighbor. John Nash cultivated a beautiful idea, that what's best for the individual is to think of what's best for the group. This is the core value that keeps I and I significant in today's world.
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