Which of these things is more important?
- Becoming who or what you want to be.
- Being satisfied and comfortable with who you are.
I await your thoughtful replies...
- ND
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
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I don't think the answer is the same for everyone. And what if what you want to be is satisfied and comfortable with who you are? Also, if you attain the first will you not in turn attain the second? I don't think that is a given. If you have attained the second, can you not strive for more? for frosting as it were? Just babbling out loud.
They are the same. Don't get caught in a Faustian bargain halting the future and its promise for the greatness of a moment in time.
Today is wonderful because tomorrow with its wonders lie ahead. Live for now. But remember, tomorrow is hope soon to be fulfilled.
Anon.
Hope can feel a lot like an arrow in the heart. Just saying.
Fear is the arrow. Hope feels like bliss.
Anon.
Nabor Dan,
You and Barnes hath inspired my introspective view of dystopia.
Hmm, I've been thinking about this today while I worked and I don't think my response is much good because I wasn't painting or staining anything. I always think better surrounded by VOCs.
I say you are satisfied with who you are, but look for opportunities for growth and improvement. Sometimes they are external - better short game in golf, learn a new computer language for work, pick up the piano again, and sometimes they are internal - be more patient, less quick to judge, listen before speaking.
So it's a little of both, but you should always find yourself to be good company.
I guess it's my turn to chime in...
I guess that I have always approached things with a Socratic "first know thyself" attitude. So in that vein I think that the path to the first lies in the second.
Thank you for your comments. I really enjoy my forays into Wikipedia to research your answers.
- ND
Alice...
You lost me on the Barnes reference unless you mean the hospital. Or the character in Platoon.
"The only person that can kill Barnes... is Barnes"
- ND
Julian Barnes' Novel England, England. A post-modern dystopia with a Falstafian character. I think you'd like it. Anyhow, I just read it and combined with this post...
Alice...
Thanks for the clarification and also the visualization with the Falstaff reference.
- ND
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