As storms come and go, the very idea of me leaving my words unspoken is very far fetched. So here I'm again, against all odds betting that someday, somewhere, some people would actually understand those cryptic words of mine, and then would change the world with their mind. And so without further due, I present you with the latest of my craziest thoughts and theories.
It looks like I ain't going to leave Ben Franklin to rest in peace, in his infinite wisdom the words came “After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser”, Ben you're so full of it; as once you were the leader of “the free world” you should have known that it is inevitable that man wages wars to satisfy his greed, his egotistical desires, and sense of superiority.... what else are wars waged for? So what wisdom and humble are you speaking of, when a life is sold at the cheap price of one's arrogance? I can agree to the fact that the grief of the loss is the greater among its peers, but what would you know about it? It's all a game of chess to you, and ponds were lost, doesn't really matter to you as long as you can say “check mate”. All is then numbers, numbers of victories, number of losses, number of nemeses .... just numbers.
So with that into mind, we embark on the quest for finding the truth behind the words that been said. So in what sense does a man grow wiser and humbler after “crosses and losses” ? Mind you the “crosses” was paired with “losses” and not just any other word; ah, we're getting somewhere now, Ben was unaware of he was really saying, which was, if you lost a war/fight/conflict, you would grow wiser and humbler, and this is just from word association analysis. I can sense some confusion still there, so let us flip it the other way so it would be clear, if you win a war/fight/conflict, you would not care about the losses you have taken, your ego will grow, and certainly will celebrate like a crazy person; so we should only feel the regret and think about our mistakes to grow wiser if and only if we lost, does that sound right to you? Does that seem like a good logic that you should follow? .... again I'll leave you to be the judge of that.
“No one is hurt by doing the right thing”, although I don't know who is the genius that came up with that one, but I 'll have to crack a whip on his ass as well. Let us get right down to it,the first conclusion we can deduce right out of these “wise” words is that doing the right thing is easy?! I just wonder how is that possible? Doing the right thing is not as easy as it is stated above, doing good deeds -like helping an old lady to cross the street, feeding a stray hungry dog perhaps ..... etc- maybe is, but doing the right thing, that is a total different story. I can dwell here forever, but however, I can prove my point in just one question, didn't you suffer the ache of doing the right thing someday? Maybe letting a loved one go because whatever circumstances were preventing you from being together? Extended the helping hand to a friend and got screwed in the process? Had to leave your home, family and friends because your career forced it on you? Trusted someone and done right by them, and they betrayed you? ..... shall I go on really? The list is endless. It 's always easier to demolish than to build, and so we can deduce that doing the right thing – in this case, building- is hard, and is not without sacrifices, that sometime lead to pain and hurt.
To clarify more, situations where one is hurt by doing the right thing are situation where one finds himself/ herself torn between executing a self-righteous and sound moral act against following a deep and compelling desire. It is known when such conflicts arise, one wonders about the action that should be done, and becomes truly lost and confused. In such situation, only a strong person will asses the situation fairly and eliminate any emotional input into it, and decides on the action. With that being said, you have probably guessed that the quality of the morality of that person will steer the end result of that situation, and most probably not in favor of desires, it is then after the decided upon action(s) are executed, that the person in question starts dealing with the matter emotionally, and yup, you guessed right, it's time for the pain and healing process to start. At the end, being deterministic about such matters is just plain stupid, but again you already know that.
From the heart of the world, Africa, comes the proverb “A crab walks, so walks his children”. One of those mysterious, multi-meaning, and ambiguous proverbs, you know which ones I 'm talking about. So in order to get this right, we need to explore all the angels we can find on that one, so let us start by the far most obvious, heritage, elders are suppose pass their knowledge to the young so they can deal with life; hhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh ....... so now the elders know better?? Shall we state the obvious, we're all humans, mistakes were made, are being made, and will be made until the end time. Lost me? I guess what I mean here is that no one knows better, specially those that are so called “Grey-haired”-after several thousand of years, and the end result is the world we live in, yes, look around you, that's the wisdom of the elders and their work, can anyone blame me for the mockery?- with their control and their arrogance; you're cursed if you don't follow their teachings, you're damned if you try to disobey, God forbid you should have a new idea, they'll burn you at the stake. Much of a life for the young, and they wonder why creative people are such renegades!!!
Let's dig a little deeper now, another angel for the African proverb is “like father like son”, in other words, the habits, morals, behaviors ....etc are passed on from parent to child. What is your take on this one? Is it really the truth, or it is just another one of those fallacies? I know that some of our attributes must come from the environment we live in, but at the end of the day, one wonders “Am I the same man as my father? Am I more like my mother?”. Truth is some people are really flexible when it comes in terms of adapting personalities, however, this comes from idealizing the person one wants to take after, however, it has been proven through history of man that iconizing a man is just plain stupidity, because as soon as the truth is uncovered -that he or she is just a human-; the let-down is of a great effect on the idealizing person, and sometime so shocking that it provokes feelings of vengeance, that leads to the point of totally negating the previous personality. So do we imitate or innovate? Well, some of us is more the former than the latter, and some are the latter rather than the former. It is actually trying to tip the scale for one side rather than the other is the true delima, and so not all children crabs walks as their elder crabs.
“A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a hair”, an Iranian proverb that I lasted long thinking about, does it really work? Does a gentle hand leads a nation? Or is it the better understanding, representing and honoring is the way to go? I do not know of any leader that used a gentle hand with his people, and thus I should not know about the result!! What I know is that power corrupts, demolishes the humble attributes and thrives the ego of a human. Do not tell me that integrity exists with those who have power, it simply does not add up, ask yourself this, can you resist the temptation of using all the power available to you to achieve some goal -whatever that may be-? If you answered yes, please try it out first then let me know what was the result.
I do not believe that politicians really represent us, rather than leading us. They will do some good , yes, but do they truly get to all the issues you want to get to? Do they really care about you and your family? Do they really live and suffer from the same circumstances as you ? Democracy is an illusion, autocracy is real, we still depend on the system of the one, the one that leads, the one that decides, the one who has it all, because we all believe in a savior that will free us all, and we should then follow. It is easier to blame someone for the mistakes he/she have done while taking our responsibilities, rather than each one would take a part of the process, yes it is always easier to depend than not to depend. A question for you people out there, why do you think we have a brain? Is not our responsibility to stand up for ourselves and take the lead? Aaaaaaaahhhhh, so I have hit the bull's eye now, are we really that go-able, or are we just lazy? Think about those answers, and conclude which life you're living.
It's always good to seek help, I do not deny this, but should we really take the instructions that has been given to us without questions? Can't we question the motives and hidden agendas of those who lead? And if not then why, is it because they lead? I do not believe in a “One's system”, I roam free within the darkness to find my own way to light, shouldn't you? A gentle hand does not lead an elephant by a hair, and if it does, then it should not be.
Now as I stirred the doubts again, I can leave you with the questions that really matter. You should have been answering those yourself, but as I know, humans suffer from memory-loss, and specially when it's interfering with the easy way of living. After all those questions, can you tell who is really the madman who is raving all over the place?
