It seems to me that life is lived amidst the tension between who we were created to be, and who we’ve always been. And that in moments of forced sobriety, and silent lucidity, we are confronted by the sense that there must be more to life than what we are experiencing. Though we like to think of ourselves as victims of circumstance, we come face to face with the reality that we are far more responsible for the state of our condition than we’d ever care to admit. The fact that we make bad decisions does nothing more than qualify us as members of the human race. But a steady refusal to learn from those mistakes, or to change direction, will ultimately brand us a fool.
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Thought for the Day – Silent Lucidity
Posted in Commentaries, Opinions, Thought for the Day / Quotes, tagged forced sobriety, learning from our mistakes, silent lucidity, victim of circumstance on January 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
It seems to me that life is lived amidst the tension between who we were created to be, and who we’ve always been. And that in moments of forced sobriety, and silent lucidity, we are confronted by the sense that there must be more to life than what we are experiencing. Though we like to think of ourselves as victims of circumstance, we come face to face with the reality that we are far more responsible for the state of our condition than we’d ever care to admit. The fact that we make bad decisions does nothing more than qualify us as members of the human race. But a steady refusal to learn from those mistakes, or to change direction, will ultimately brand us a fool.
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