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wolven7i don't know what to put here, anymore. i don't know what will help people to see me, or to understand me, as much as they can, or if the majority want to. Yeah. i know that some of you do care, &c., but... Fuck it. i'm whining.
i'm losing focus, and it's too many sides. Too much information, to paraphrase the old Calvin and Hobbes, has rendered me nearly immobile. But, unlike Calvin, i refuse to close that one eye, because i would rather have more information and opportunity to understand, than only one side of the story.
Knowing the sides only serves to make your decisions, when you finally make them, more true to yourself. For when you know all of the various sides, you, hopefully, realise how little they matter, when it all comes down to it. When it's all said and done, what matters is that you made made a Choice, ANY choice, and that you thought about it.
There is Not knowing anything, during which stage you are useless.
There is Knowing that you know nothing, in which case you are of use only to yourself.
There is knowing a little, during which you are of use to a few.
There is knowing much, during which you are of use to many.
There is knowing all, during which you are of no use.
There is knowing much/all, yet appearing to know nothing, at which point you are of use to all.
And, as Master Yamamoto Tsunetomo said, there is a transcendent level. This is the Level of continual change and advancement. It is what lies inbetween those other levels. It is the Void that holds the Elements together and pushes them apart. So you see? Being uniformed, and appearing uninformed are different. It may be the same spot on the wheel, but it's a mater of how you approach it.
"He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest." - Czernobog
We reach the same place, but it's not the same as if we'd gone another way... Rrgh! i'm so frustrated... i've said it and shown it every way i know how, and i'm still not coming across how i want to. But isn't that always the way? We say what we think to be certain words, and the decoder hears "Your mother's a giant hippo," or "Why yes, I WOULD like some more boiling oil." And certain tribe get a reputation for toughness that way. And i get a reputation for being an arrogant, obstinate bastard.
Good Nytes. Dream Well
i'm losing focus, and it's too many sides. Too much information, to paraphrase the old Calvin and Hobbes, has rendered me nearly immobile. But, unlike Calvin, i refuse to close that one eye, because i would rather have more information and opportunity to understand, than only one side of the story.
Knowing the sides only serves to make your decisions, when you finally make them, more true to yourself. For when you know all of the various sides, you, hopefully, realise how little they matter, when it all comes down to it. When it's all said and done, what matters is that you made made a Choice, ANY choice, and that you thought about it.
There is Not knowing anything, during which stage you are useless.
There is Knowing that you know nothing, in which case you are of use only to yourself.
There is knowing a little, during which you are of use to a few.
There is knowing much, during which you are of use to many.
There is knowing all, during which you are of no use.
There is knowing much/all, yet appearing to know nothing, at which point you are of use to all.
And, as Master Yamamoto Tsunetomo said, there is a transcendent level. This is the Level of continual change and advancement. It is what lies inbetween those other levels. It is the Void that holds the Elements together and pushes them apart. So you see? Being uniformed, and appearing uninformed are different. It may be the same spot on the wheel, but it's a mater of how you approach it.
"He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest." - Czernobog
We reach the same place, but it's not the same as if we'd gone another way... Rrgh! i'm so frustrated... i've said it and shown it every way i know how, and i'm still not coming across how i want to. But isn't that always the way? We say what we think to be certain words, and the decoder hears "Your mother's a giant hippo," or "Why yes, I WOULD like some more boiling oil." And certain tribe get a reputation for toughness that way. And i get a reputation for being an arrogant, obstinate bastard.
Good Nytes. Dream Well
