Lemme Quote that Again
Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely fear and loathe. Of course it’s important to know what’s right and wrong. Individual errors in judgment can usually be corrected. As long as you have the courage to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form, and continue to thrive.
- Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore
Now that’s a quote that carries some personal sting for me. I do have a problem with usurped ideals and inflexible systems and they have a problem with me. I escape the predicament by cocooning myself into impenetrable silence because that’s easier than being labeled a heretic. Oh, sure, labels are lame. Being labeled? I can live with that. Hurting people I care about? Not so much.
These are the things that make people crazy. To tell you the truth, I prefer being called complicated. And when such heavy atmosphere starts to envelope me, I turn to the simple things to release the tension – like badminton. I’m gonna have to end this now to prepare my stuff and let off some steam. Even helps to do away with Fenphedra so I say, let’s play!