11 September 2007

The Duality of Man

I want everything.

I want an easy life, and a beautiful struggle.

I want happiness and tragedy.

I want to fit in, but not be part of the crowd.

I want to do everything, but I still want to learn.

I want to earn everything, but I want it given to me.

This is why we're never happy. This is why we always should be.
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2 comments:

Unknown said...

"This is why we're never happy. This is why we always should be."


Speak for yourself. Whether you believe this statement or not doesn't change the fact that it is unequivocally true: Some are happy nearly all of the time. Even in our moments of greatest toil and sorrow and grief still have joy. There's a secret to it, you know. And ironically for this comment, the secret comes from properly understanding the Duality of Man.


Paul

September 13, 2007 at 9:46 AM
RonnyGunz said...

See, I disagree with you, which is obvious. I wrote post, but I appreciate the comment.

It's our inability to become satisfied with ourselves and our situations which drives us to go farther. To try to become more than we are.

It's why we have DVD players and 12 speed bicycles. Why we have mortgages and car loans, and why life isn't just like Little House on the Prarie.

That said, the post was a mini-political commentary on today's kids.

I watched someone and her 3 children at Steve and Barry's for a couple of minutes. One of her children was crying because he wanted Nike shoes, and not the $15 Starbury line.

I remember being that age and having to wear the "Shaq" brand of shoes because they were 3.99 at Banks. I wore purple and other off color dockers pants because they were 3 for ten dollars.

My parents worked their asses off, my Dad would some weeks work 80 hours. They wanted to get out of our neighborhood. They wanted better things for us.

Truth is, though, I was happy with what I had. No 10 year old kid should have Nikes, they won't like 4 months.

But we have an entire economy based on giving kids what they didn't have growing up.

September 13, 2007 at 10:58 AM

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