Thesis 1- The best people in the world are those who fail.
At the very least, at least they tried. At least they got in over their heads and swept away. Even if getting swept away is, in itself, dejecting and depressing.
[thesis 1.1- people who are dejected and depressed are the best people in the world.]
To fail is to try to pass. To try to pass is to do attempt the impossible. To do the impossible is to be great.
So then, what of the successful? Well, then, simply, what they attempted was possible. It wasn't a lost cause in a sea of confusion and darkness.[thesis 1.2- the world's society and culture is a sea of confusion and darkness] It was something they accomplished, and they can look back on in life and say that at least they got that done.
Hitler could say that, at least he was a good painter.
But great are the people who can't paint. Great are the people who try to do things impossible for themselves alone.
Though, what if they succeed and do something great? And what then? Shouldn't we try to do things great yet possible so they can be done?
In my experience, great things are rarely possible. The world will never be free. Peace is an illusion. Humans never have pure intentions, through no fault of the individual, but through a design flaw.[thesis 1.3- We are all deeply, deeply flawed.]
So, why don't we try for freedom and peace? Even if we fail, and are sucked away and wallow in morning for our lost freedom and peace, at least we know to miss it.
[thesis 1.4- We don't know what we are missing.]
31 May 2008
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