After noticing that I haven't posted anything on here for quite awhile now, I just thought I'd write a "filler" post. (There's a point where there's no point in posting yet another thing about organizing and/or re-thinking one's Internet-writing endeavors.)
In any case, it's January 25, and there are any number of people I've been kind of thinking about today. I'm thinking about how some people are strong and solid and will "rise to the occasion" pretty much every time there is "an occasion" to rise to. It doesn't matter how old or how big such people are. In fact, some of the physically smallest and youngest people in this world will find ways to "rise to the occasion" (and in the case of children, that's often because they have no choice BUT to do just that). Not in every instance, of course, but so often, people learn very young that most "mature" (regardless of chronological age) and the strongest and the most reasonable and most sensible and most caring in this world often end up paying for the weakest, least mature, least caring, most aggressive, and most cowardly of others in this world.
In these days when so we're hearing all this talk about how many people are angry, I can't help but think of how many people are so weak and cowardly they would rather do what it takes to preserve their own (or sometimes a co-worker's) job rather than do the right thing. Jobs aside, there's just that thing in the nature of so many human beings that means they will lie at the expense of others (or worse, lie to themselves in order not to face a painful or less-than-convenient truth - and I'm not referring to climate change here).
Since this is a filler post I'd rather save additional thoughts on all this for another time and place. I'll just say that I think of any number of people and think, "Well, I hope you're REAL proud of yourself/yourselves." Well, in the case of some of those people I have in mind, I'd add, "Look at the mess you have made. Look at the people who have had to pay the price for your cowardice and/or arrogance." On second thought there would be little point, I suppose, in saying that to some people because a) they don't have what it takes to even see what they've done and/or b? they're so skilled at lying to themselves and/or others (or at least they think or pretend they are) that they either aren't going to look at a mess they've made in the lives of others, or else they can't/won't face it.
One of these days I may be in a position (or the mood) to elaborate on the whole thing about how children are so often far more grown-up than immature, weak, and/or cowardly (so-called adults are). For today, I'll just make myself feel a little better by saying that in some cases "they knew who they are". In other cases, they're pathetically incapable of seeing their own weakness and inadequacy as a human being. I'm guessing I'm not alone in saying/thinking with disgust and sarcasm, "Well, I hope you're REAL proud of yourself/yourselves and all the damage you've brought into the lives of someone else AND, in so many instances, with the arrogant and ignorant and aggressive pretense/belief of 'trying to do the right thing'".
I don't want what is intended as a "filler post" to now come across as "mini-manifesto type of type of thing". (We all know what is thought of people who write "manifestos" on the Internet.) So, in the interest of not wanting to risk the appearance of writing a manifesto (or at least not one of "THOSE types of manifestos", I'll end here before I run the risk of doing what far too many people do, which is to toss out words and ideas and conclusions and opinions based on inadequate information and lack of reason/logic. So, for now, I'll hold off and once again resist the urge to (as they say) name names. I value words and accuracy too much.
So there you have it.... a post written on January 25, 2016. I seriously doubt this blog/post gets many (if any) readers. (That's one reason I use it for posting "nothing" posts.)
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