| | Ruling the world...I once read a book from our Church library, being a pre-owned book, there were the cursory marks, underlining, side notes, and what have you. Most of these contributions went unnoticed, save for one. In a chapter about the nature of Marriage, the author affirmed his unwavering belief that marriage is an institution solely between a man and a woman. The previous owner dashed this line out and above it wrote NO! NO! NO! underlined multiple times. This caught my eye because in doing this, the author was trying to alter reality. He or She was trying to alter the fact that a renowned theologian disagreed with his/her point of view; and simply write this fact out of the book. As if a single dash mark and child like negation bring the universe into accordance their preferred perception and of reality.
All I could do was laugh because at the end of the day, the sentence was still there. The owner had changed nothing.
I too am guilty of doing this. Many people who know me well will testify that if I can not get something I want, I will find ways to work the system to make it work for me (outright rebellion was never my style). Usually I am successful, but every now and then (aka today) I come across a barrier that I cant manipulate.
And I want to yell NO! NO! NO! to make it better.
But it wont.
No matter how far I run, how many times I try to break these walls in front of me, how many dash marks I use, I am fearful that I can't find a way around them
And it makes me angry.
I wonder if indeed this is the greatest sin, believing that we can change reality. After all, were not Adam and Eve looking for a paradigm shift?
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| | Posted 6/11/2008 1:25 AM - 25 views - 0 comments
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