I was reading Matt’s post about drawing a maple leaf like it looks on the Canadian flag, and I thought to myself—this is the perfect summation of being Canadian. We know what we’re like, others think we’re distinctive, but when asked to describe ourselves—well, the results are not pretty.
“Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”
“When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we’re still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on—series polygamy—until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.”
ps.the note i wrote before is mine,dumdum posted by sony at 8;29pm on feb,18,2009.
Posted by sania at 8:36 pm on Feb. 18, 2009
You know, when I was a Youngin, we didn't spend all of out time drawing leaves! We had to walk five miles every day to get milk for breakfast!!! And even if I did want to draw a leaf, it wouldn't SUCK as much as yours!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Grandma FatFace at 9:13 am on Feb. 19, 2009
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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