Balance
When I was in college I worked a warehouse doing deliveries most of the time. This gave me plenty of time behind where all I had to do was point the truck where it needed to go and I could spend the rest of my energy thinking. At the time I was taking several philosophy classes and thinking about going after philosophy as a major. Not that I really paid attention in most classes or did much of the reading, or could connect a philospher with their main ideas anymore, but I was into the 'what is life about' and 'who are we' and 'how should we interact' type of thinking. I didn't waste any time at coffee shops or in deep conversations, but during my hours behind the steering wheel of a truck hauling heating and cooling supplies across the metro-east I was able to have long thought processes about life.
One of the main thoughts I had focused on equality. At the time I wanted to believe that all people were equal, or at least had equal potential. Not necessarily along the lines of all people were created equal type of constitutional rights belief, but just that no one person was really better than any other person when you looked at all aspects of each person. These thoughts pertained more to the potential and capabilities of a person rather than their previous actions. Of course murderers and rapists are not good, and people can be capable of very bad things. My thoughts were more along the lines of although one person may be an athlete and a scholar they might not be any more valuable a person than somebody who is a high school dropout that washes dishes at steak n shake. I wanted to believe that inside of that scholar and athlete there was something ugly or dirty that would knock them down a bit, and that inside of the dropout was something beatiful and valuable that not many if any people know about but would balance out his shortcomings in life. I felt that given the full spectrum of a persons attributes, no one person would be any better or worse than any other person. Everybody's potential would be a balance of good and bad. It's just that the full range of people's traits would rarely be seen. This was one of my philosophies at the time.
I am not completely sure why I came up with those thoughts. I don't know if I felt inadequate in my life, or if I wanted to think I could look at all people equally, or what. It's just something I thought about at the time, not necessarily something I beleive today. Nowadays I don't have as much of a philisophical view on life and people. The closest thing I use is the phrase 'everybody's people'. It's mainly just a rephrase of 'nobody's perfect'. I use it to show that everybody has messed something up, or makes several mistakes a day. Even that supemodel you drool over, or your waiter, or the dude who cut you off in traffic. All human. All making mistakes all the time, but often doing wonderful things for people that often go unrewarded.
Another phrase I like: You could build a thousand bridges and suck one dick, and you know what they'll call you? A cocksucker.
I always thought that was hilarious.
Lastly: Jelly Belly are the only jelly beans worth eating. The baked bean flavor is crazy. Crazier than buttered popcorn. I'm partial to red apple, watermelon, caramel apple, and kiwi as my current favorites.
One of the main thoughts I had focused on equality. At the time I wanted to believe that all people were equal, or at least had equal potential. Not necessarily along the lines of all people were created equal type of constitutional rights belief, but just that no one person was really better than any other person when you looked at all aspects of each person. These thoughts pertained more to the potential and capabilities of a person rather than their previous actions. Of course murderers and rapists are not good, and people can be capable of very bad things. My thoughts were more along the lines of although one person may be an athlete and a scholar they might not be any more valuable a person than somebody who is a high school dropout that washes dishes at steak n shake. I wanted to believe that inside of that scholar and athlete there was something ugly or dirty that would knock them down a bit, and that inside of the dropout was something beatiful and valuable that not many if any people know about but would balance out his shortcomings in life. I felt that given the full spectrum of a persons attributes, no one person would be any better or worse than any other person. Everybody's potential would be a balance of good and bad. It's just that the full range of people's traits would rarely be seen. This was one of my philosophies at the time.
I am not completely sure why I came up with those thoughts. I don't know if I felt inadequate in my life, or if I wanted to think I could look at all people equally, or what. It's just something I thought about at the time, not necessarily something I beleive today. Nowadays I don't have as much of a philisophical view on life and people. The closest thing I use is the phrase 'everybody's people'. It's mainly just a rephrase of 'nobody's perfect'. I use it to show that everybody has messed something up, or makes several mistakes a day. Even that supemodel you drool over, or your waiter, or the dude who cut you off in traffic. All human. All making mistakes all the time, but often doing wonderful things for people that often go unrewarded.
Another phrase I like: You could build a thousand bridges and suck one dick, and you know what they'll call you? A cocksucker.
I always thought that was hilarious.
Lastly: Jelly Belly are the only jelly beans worth eating. The baked bean flavor is crazy. Crazier than buttered popcorn. I'm partial to red apple, watermelon, caramel apple, and kiwi as my current favorites.
posted by Pigpen at 12:02 PM
2 Comments:
"you can pick your friends, you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friends nose."
-words to live by.
People certainly don't have equal potential or abilities. But who really determines what abilities and vocations are most important? It's impossible to know on a universal level. Which means you don't really have the right to despise most people and definitely shouldn't pass judgement on them for who they are and what they have become. It's a negative way of looking at things.
I've always liked "I'm just trying to get over" but it's almost completely unambitious.
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