Often folks go to great lengths when trying to articulate their views. They write books, they give speeches, and sometimes even create grand epic plays that require huge multi-million dollar budgets. But, regardless of the their efforts, we often dismiss their plays on life as fiction; not worth a moment of our consideration. What is most unfortunate is that often the greatest of truths can be found in the greatest of fictions.
We are creators. Everyday we make choices that affect others and the world around us, but more importantly they effect ourselves and our own ability to create. Imagine that with every word you’re creating a foundation. One required to make the next step. As creators we gather the means to build our lives from the experiences of our trials and the trials of the folks we chose to respect. Often we suddenly realize that the ship is sinking and wonder “How could this happen!?!”, “I tried so hard to take the right precautions!”. We’ve all heard the phrases “house of glass” and “house of cards”. These phrases express the most profound truths. What kind of experiences are we creating? Are we walking on solid ground or are we creating quick sand for ourselves and the people around us? That being said, we only know a “house of cards” would be a poor one through trying and realizing that we’re in need of something better.
July 20th, 2009
Often folks go to great lengths when trying to articulate their views. They write books, they give speeches, and sometimes even create grand epic plays that require huge multi-million dollar budgets. But, regardless of the their efforts, we often dismiss their plays on life as fiction; not worth a moment of our consideration. What is most unfortunate is that often the greatest of truths can be found in the greatest of fictions.
We are creators. Everyday we make choices that affect others and the world around us, but more importantly they effect ourselves and our own ability to create. Imagine that with every word you’re creating a foundation. One required to make the next step. As creators we gather the means to build our lives from the experiences of our trials and the trials of the folks we chose to respect. Often we suddenly realize that the ship is sinking and wonder “How could this happen!?!”, “I tried so hard to take the right precautions!”. We’ve all heard the phrases “house of glass” and “house of cards”. These phrases express the most profound truths. What kind of experiences are we creating? Are we walking on solid ground or are we creating quick sand for ourselves and the people around us? That being said, we only know a “house of cards” would be a poor one through trying and realizing that we’re in need of something better.