“I, too, have done my damndest
to kiss and touch and bless
and now I, too, am through with it all
and am simply like the rest” – Barry Taylor I, Too
We all have big dreams. We all want to do something about it. We are all probably up to something then stumbled upon this post.
From when I can remember someone has been promising me one thing or the other with a utopian reward.
“The right one has not been born yet…” “Your business will still work after you are done with your course…” “Finish the exam then we can go for ice-cream…”
Apparently, it will all work out if you do as it pleases this guy, these people… for them it is not the perfect time. For you, you just can’t get rid of the itch. It is obvious where am getting to. You choose your path. But wait there is more…
Promises; promises.
There has not been a shortage of free thinkers (shout out Dr. Stockmann). Every day I hear how people want to change the world with this initiative, reform and leadership. They all promise me the perfect world. Where my starving brother in Turkana and uptown sister will talk about their days in paradise. As long as I vote them in or offer them my friendship.
Thomas Moore proposed the utopian idea some time back. His logic seems radical and idealistic at the moment. The ideals will be easily accepted by any person struggling to make ends meet. But what of the rich that have gotten comfortable. We all know that people don’t find it easy to change. It takes time and effort… it’s sticky and messy. So how do we expect them to change?
Well we don’t… that’s the trick.
We shan’t beg. We shan’t cry. What is our goal? To be comfortable too… you don’t need to own the whole of Central to be happy. All you need is a happy family, with all their basic needs met. It is violent to not do that for your family.
“All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give in exchange for virtue.” Plato.
Once the goal is set. Be creative. The beauty of a capitalistic economy is that anyone can get themselves out of the mud.
So get your hands in the mud. Get dirty and build something from it. (Guess which movie that is from… 🙂 )
So if they can get to the top; so can you…
I would not wait for promises that are 50/50. I’ll get on my feet; and do it myself because this is the perfect time.
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