(October 28, 2016 at 2:45 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Hams, I liken it to a race with the Devil. I don't have go be faster then the Devil, I just have to be faster than the others running with me.
If they're content to not be themselves, that's who the Devil will take. Me, I'll continue on in the direction of being myself.
Epic. Sounds like a fantastic life philosophy, Thump, and in at least one sense we share it. Authenticity is also my way.
And contrivance is its enemy, IMO. (Hence my user title). Would you agree with that? (Or at least agree with it being one of the enemies of authenticity or perhaps its primary fundamental nemesis).
A race with the devil... Made me think of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M