DISCLAIMER: i don't pass judgement on anyone else that i claim to not be guilty of myself. but we gotta push ourselves.
So I'm sitting at the front desk of the illustrious Patapsco Residence Hall, doing what I do best - getting lost in thoughts about la vida loca. And it's hitting me just how much we were born into the world we live in, and what that means. We didn't create it, but we sustain it.
One thing that is mind-blowing to me is the inability that I and i think most people around me have to answer simple questions, the answers to which should be guiding our lives.
for example: What are our goals in life? Do we seek to be as happy as possible? If so, what makes us happy? Why does ice cream and a movie with Ben Stiller getting bit in the balls by a cat make us happy? Why do new clothes make us happy, or feel good about ourselves? Do our sentiments of happiness that arouse from these 'things' carry so much clout that we deserve to spend the same money that could be saving babies on them? Who are we fooling...
Tell me we're not getting lost in time and I'll ask you what has changed in the 3 hours since the scoreboard in the gym was turned on and fans filled the stands, and when it was turned off and popcorn littered the floor? Is life that sweet that we have time for playing games, or better yet watching them? Are everyone's stomachs filled enough that I can drop $15 on a 30-pack and laugh the night away?
so yo, what are we doing?? I don't know how we got to where we are. we're certainly not the brainchilds of it. But we're the children of this madness and the apples aren't falling far from the tree.
Prescription? Listen to the gods - Saul williams, mos def, common, or whoever else will be the apples that hit ya on the head screaming "ollyollyoxenfree" as they free fall from the branches that found the truth in the wind.
Elevate,
John D
Dream Big
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c'mon JD the socioeconomic thing is old but philosophy is not. You coulda wrote a book on choices of life, good thing you didn't though b/c my life wouldn't of allowed me to read about someone elses without living mine.
yes sir,
and that's why your personal philosophy shapes your economic decisions and ultimately your socioeconomic impact...which is what i'm suggesting we reevaluate.
feel you on this, john..
but i guess that's what makes life such a beautiful struggle..
we can't decide what we want..
the 30 pack..
or the pack of food that saves 30 kids..
1st i wanted to say, it's a pleasure to be here w/the great jdoe, leterii, and jmac, i've read a lot of ur stuff and i'm blown away with the skill and thought you put into your words. John I couldn't agree with you more about the fact that we need to reevaluate what is important to us. For so long I've just been thinking let me make some money, get my moms and siblings out the projects and give back to the community as best I can. Looking back i think that mindset was foolish... I have to be continually seeking out those less fortunate as I mature and develop into a man. I think there is room for us to live in a life of luxury while never gettin too comfortable with our button up polos and seasons of 24. I dont think it's wrong to want to live a somewhat "baller" lifestyle but I think I need to constantly have in my mind that there is something to be said about doing you and simultaneously shaking up the world to be better... when I have balanced these two juggling acts I'll let u know. I'm out like a Down Goes Frazier.
ROb
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