Do Something
If you're not the type of person who likes thinking about stuff, look away now. This post contains nothing about Dakar.
I think about stuff whether I like it or not. I have nowhere to go. Welcome to the world of the Manic Depressive.
There are always two types of energy in the universe - positive and negative, back and white, male and female, night and day - call them what you will. Both of them need to exist.
"Up" cannot exist if here is no "down". "Male" cannot exist if there is no female. My Physics teacher (the one who taught me how to blow up telegraph poles) used to say that "there is no such thing as hot and cold - there is only temperature".
Male energy is confrontational, yet withdrawn. It takes things head-on, but doesn't shout about them. Female energy is non-confrontational, yet extrovert. It does not like to take things head-on, but likes to share the problem with other people. Men solve problems by quiet aggression, Women solve problems by talking about them.
Put another way, there would be a lot less wars in the world if Women were in charge. A lot more talking, a lot more consensus building, a lot more finding peaceful solutions, and a lot less work for those employed in the bullet manufacturing industry.
This may well be a bit of a Zawanda, but I been thinking.
Abraham Lincoln, both a brilliant President and the butcher responsible for the American Civil War (depending on your point of view), was bipolar.
One of his favourite sayings was "Do something. If that fails, then do something else, but - above all - do something".
So, wherever you're at, things aren't working out for you on some level. Then do something. It may well be the wrong thing and, in that case, do something else. Rinse, repeat.
I got really lucky, and I found Dakar. I have something to focus on, and it keeps the dark side at bay. God knows what I will do come February 2009 but, until then, it's working.
Be like Lincoln. Have a silly beard, and a silly hat, if you must but - above all - do something.
I think about stuff whether I like it or not. I have nowhere to go. Welcome to the world of the Manic Depressive.
There are always two types of energy in the universe - positive and negative, back and white, male and female, night and day - call them what you will. Both of them need to exist.
"Up" cannot exist if here is no "down". "Male" cannot exist if there is no female. My Physics teacher (the one who taught me how to blow up telegraph poles) used to say that "there is no such thing as hot and cold - there is only temperature".
Male energy is confrontational, yet withdrawn. It takes things head-on, but doesn't shout about them. Female energy is non-confrontational, yet extrovert. It does not like to take things head-on, but likes to share the problem with other people. Men solve problems by quiet aggression, Women solve problems by talking about them.
Put another way, there would be a lot less wars in the world if Women were in charge. A lot more talking, a lot more consensus building, a lot more finding peaceful solutions, and a lot less work for those employed in the bullet manufacturing industry.
This may well be a bit of a Zawanda, but I been thinking.
Abraham Lincoln, both a brilliant President and the butcher responsible for the American Civil War (depending on your point of view), was bipolar.
One of his favourite sayings was "Do something. If that fails, then do something else, but - above all - do something".
So, wherever you're at, things aren't working out for you on some level. Then do something. It may well be the wrong thing and, in that case, do something else. Rinse, repeat.
I got really lucky, and I found Dakar. I have something to focus on, and it keeps the dark side at bay. God knows what I will do come February 2009 but, until then, it's working.
Be like Lincoln. Have a silly beard, and a silly hat, if you must but - above all - do something.
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Monday, August 27, 2007
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