Passion Revisited
Without passion what are you? You become the container that people with passion move through. Almost like plumbing. The copper pipe is part of the equation, I guess, but the water that is flowing through the pipe ... that is the moving agent.
When your life lacks passion you are not a mover, you are an exist-er. You are not an achiever, at best, you are an enabler. You are not the gun but the holster.
I guess a response may be "But aren't the pipe and the holster needed?" But I think that just identifies where the analogy breaks down and our fears succeed in convincing us that to never risk is a good thing. Nobody I know grew up thinking that in their wildest dreams they would be the best water boy a Super Bowl team was ever served by.
We dreamt we were in center stage. We dreamt we were the MVP of the team. We dreamt that our influence would reach far. For the large majority of us, we never dreamed to someday be in the hole we've carved out for ouselves. In fact, if we voiced our current state as our dream to our childhood friends we would've been laughed off the playground. Because they were all going to be something really great. They were going to have a real and lasting impact. They were going to change the world.
Well...looks like the world is safe. :/
....was gonna end there but...
I'm just not happy with that 'cuz it stinks. I refuse to believe that we can't change things. I refuse to believe that we are just ordinary, mundane, run of the mill, tasteless, insipid, boring, status quo, mediocre, average, powerless, 2nd string, medium, safe, half way, stationary, dull non-issues.
I believe we can matter. I believe we can change it all. I believe we can turn the world upside down. Those who oppose should run. Those who oppose and don't run are just dumb. I think we hold in us a power that our bodies should struggle under the weight of. Torrent would be a good word to describe it.
So...I guess I'm just tired of the middle ground huh? Whatever I am I'm guessing it will be fun!
d4l3
When your life lacks passion you are not a mover, you are an exist-er. You are not an achiever, at best, you are an enabler. You are not the gun but the holster.
I guess a response may be "But aren't the pipe and the holster needed?" But I think that just identifies where the analogy breaks down and our fears succeed in convincing us that to never risk is a good thing. Nobody I know grew up thinking that in their wildest dreams they would be the best water boy a Super Bowl team was ever served by.
We dreamt we were in center stage. We dreamt we were the MVP of the team. We dreamt that our influence would reach far. For the large majority of us, we never dreamed to someday be in the hole we've carved out for ouselves. In fact, if we voiced our current state as our dream to our childhood friends we would've been laughed off the playground. Because they were all going to be something really great. They were going to have a real and lasting impact. They were going to change the world.
Well...looks like the world is safe. :/
....was gonna end there but...
I'm just not happy with that 'cuz it stinks. I refuse to believe that we can't change things. I refuse to believe that we are just ordinary, mundane, run of the mill, tasteless, insipid, boring, status quo, mediocre, average, powerless, 2nd string, medium, safe, half way, stationary, dull non-issues.
I believe we can matter. I believe we can change it all. I believe we can turn the world upside down. Those who oppose should run. Those who oppose and don't run are just dumb. I think we hold in us a power that our bodies should struggle under the weight of. Torrent would be a good word to describe it.
So...I guess I'm just tired of the middle ground huh? Whatever I am I'm guessing it will be fun!
d4l3
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Not to be pessimisstic, but if no one is average, who is? I believe that most people are average (kinda obvious it would seem) and that every person should strive for extraordinary moments, even if they do not make it into a history book. These moments often come from taking risks, as you described. It is hard to take risks, however, because while everything right now might or might not be O.K., things could surely worsen. This is something everyone must overcome, should have have the wish to become beyond ordinary, beyond non-issues.
Thx Alex for adding to my thoughts.
I think you are right about the word "average". I think by definition it describes where most people are, that is the strict definition. But u have put your finger on what really bothers me though.
I guess it isn't "average" that bothers me but rather that "average" as it stands now is so mediocre, mundane, lifeless, etc. etc. I want the average raised.
A good analogy would be the average knowledge per person at a nursery school as opposed to the average knowledge per person at a university. Obviously the nursery school students can't be faulted for their averageness ... unless... they are old enough to be in the university and then their average knowledge needs some serious raising. 8)
I think that we (Americans, but I mean that geographically and not socially, I'm not making a statement about our citizenship) have sold out to such a low standard of living when it comes to willingness to risk and push into areas of adventure and heroism. The insurance industry is just a symptom of this. Unless our butts are covered we don't do a thing.
But more specifically as a person who is doing my best to follow God my comments on passion were specifically pointed towards people (myself included) who say they are trying to do that. I just think it is funny (funny strange - not ha-ha) when someone says they want to follow God (the creator of the entire universe and beyond that to what we don't even know) and instead of seeing their life explode with creativity and adventure spurred on by the strength of that God they are trying to follow we instead see their life shrink into a safe, selfish, sanitized little bubble.
Set our to clarify but now not sure I did :)
d4l3
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