May 28, 2011
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How I Did it...
Driven by psychological energies as powerful and immutable as they are individual, in time each of us weaves (more often unwittingly than not) a tapestry; i.e., the integrated Self by which we'll be remembered. Or not remembered, as the case may be. Wherever one ends up, whatever one ends up doing, at the end of the day it's fair to say these energies and forces - together with a bit of fortune (the good and bad) and luck (the good and bad) - got him (or her) there.
Speaking personally, when it's my time - whatever I have done in this life - when the reaper comes to collect me, I shall at least be able to say that I Did It.
Can't be otherwise.
The following video deftly captures a certain, shall i say, disdain for authority that features prominently in my personal tapestry. In other words, should anyone ever wish to know more about How I Did It, I should invite them to watch this. Partly as a cautionary tale, partly as a how-to guide, but mostly for a smile. Because I never could resist a smile. And I doubt that'll change on the other side - no matter what it looks like over there.
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Comments (16)
Nice. I have to say I have no regrets and feel mighty fine about what I've done with my years so far.
I uploaded those garden pics
@oceanstarr - good. may it always be thus.
Thought provoking post!
I'm kinda sorta in that position myself. I like to believe that what I am and what I might become are primarily of my own doing, but I can only work with what I have and cannot entirely undo the effects of environment and experience. Be all that as it may, I do try to go forward boldly and live this one life I have to its fullest -- in between pursuing those almighty dollars that are required to survive in an expensive technological society, anyway.
Owning what you've done is the only way to avoid regret.
You, me and something illegally fast, we'll wake up in jail and say Why'd We Do That?
But once you do that, you can't take it back. So then, you did it!
Now what did you do?
@ordinarybutloud - ain't that the truth.
"I did it".. sounds like a confession to me, but theologically appropriate, just add some apology and regret.
@Amoralis - it's more the stuff i didn't do that i regret, but yeah. it's just different faces of the same coin.
I think the question I ask most is now how they did it but why they did it. What motivates people to do things (whatever the things is).
@NightlyDreams - yes. and that pesky, persistent psychological stuff.
@complicatedlight - I know. It just twists you up inside doesn't it.
Gotta watch out for that Chernobyl Cheese.
I love it, that commercial has spawned a minor
genre (thanks mostly to one remix artist, looks
like). The one you posted leads to quite a few,
pretty funny and not yet driven into the ground
like blonde jokes or whatever.
(Why does the spellchecker think blonde is
misspelled?)
@satanbane - i'm kinda hoping others will follow the leads. i love the whole series. the one iembedded here isn't the funniest, but it seemed best suited to the post content.
I'd like to think three goddesses of greek mythology spin the fateful thread that becomes the tapestry of my life path...
Also, I LOVE the irony of you posting cheezit commercial. How odd I just put a box away not too long ago. Fateful? Yeah, probbaly not.
why do i feel like many of the things you write could be quotes for my life guidebook?
I feel so young right now. It's pretty depressing.
Am I making my own life?
Having been trapped here by my family, I have fallen for another trap... appeasement. And now I can quickly say, I Didn't Do It. And then forget all about it.
What I mean is, I'm now living my life based on my family's desires. And it hurts, it really does.