Posted by Derf on May 16, 1998 at 13:29:57:
In Reply to: Bec posted by Derf on May 16, 1998 at 12:32:34:
Yes, I still think that people have absolute control over their destinies, at least the destinies of their hearts.
No, I don't need to pore endlessly over particular instances and people. I may learn something new tomorrow, and change my mind completely. But in the end, idealism - culturally-accepted or radical - is still just idealism - you can never have all the facts.
No, I don't have a little high horse. I don't have a silver spoon. Not outside the generous wellspring of my mind, at least. I did NOT grow up high-class (several times, in fact, I approached poverty). My immediate family has its share of depressives, not the least illustrious of which was myself. I had "chemical imbalances" too. I'm advocating FIGHTING; I'm advocating the CHOICE of happiness, and the direction of God (whatever that means to you - but, in all cases, I feel, NOT a sugar-paved path), and I'll continue to do so - "tactfully," on message boards, of course. :> I don't really want to bother anyone outright. But here? Sure, why not. Face it, kids - a message board dealing with new-age spiritual propoganda is nothing less than a Devil's Advocate room - I will steadfastly assume that people come here to get ideas, no-holds-barred. This is abstract reasoning - my own little Taoism in a bottle :> ... This is "writing on the walls."
Here's my poetic take on the situation, hotshot. :P
The respectable man
And his immaculate conscious
In whom the eyes of the world see no devil
As he leaves his little office
When the sun goes down
And bestrides the busy streets....
But who knows better of his devils
Than the crowded walls at the base
Of the towering monuments,
Teeming with cracks and etches,
Where many lost souls play about
While the eyes of the derelict lights watch
From the walls above
In the shadowy places of the world....?
Uh... yeah, right. :> See ya later!