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I recently went on pilgrimage to the place on Earth where I feel closest to God, a valley in Kings Canyon National Park, in October after th...
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Slap a label on my back and market me to the younger generation. I'll sell like hotcakes; they love seeing an old man make a fool of him...
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Winning!
ReplyDeleteNo, really. Winning is an interesting theme with you. Especially considering the whole . . . "How much is winning worth?" question. Do the ends justify the means? Is a Pyrrhic victory worthwhile?
Is the timing of the victory of primary concern? Is a retreat that saves an army counted as a loss or as a strategy?
What kind of winning is worth losing everything?
These are only some of the things (admittedly, just aspects of one thing) your two lines and a word make me think.
I deem this to be very heroic. Also, very carpe diem. (By that, I mean, "die on our feet and not our knees".) But still, something in it rings true.
ReplyDeleteAs for victory? That and sex are pretty much all humans ever think about.
ReplyDeleteTiming isn't important. Win every time and you'll never worry about loss.
What kind of winning is worth losing everything? Obviously dependent on your worldview. For me? Getting to heaven.
Heroic? Carpe diem? I suppose so. But what if it weren't? What if it's a big guy crushing a tiny opposing force? What if it's the establishment crushing the naysayers? What if it's an ethnic cleansing? If so, why didn't I portray it that way? Hm.
Well, it feels carpe diem, even if it weren't. As for the other scenarios, well, those happen, too, in this world. We'd much rather have heroes, I think. That's hopeful, anyway.
ReplyDeleteHeroes do exist, you know. I think they think about those things. Not all the time or anything, but . . . enough.
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