Greetings good citizen, most of us don't spend a lot of time in 'self-reflection' often referred to as 'navel gazing' [some people are obsessed with it but that's a different subject altogether.]
Many if not most are so wrapped up in living up to the expectations of others that we never even contemplate who WE really are.
Sort of a bummer considering we live in the world of I! Here you are, living YOUR life to someone else's standards!
Does it help to know you're just like Bozo because you 'admired' what he/she represents [remember, in YOUR head! It may not have been true at all!]
While we are all, um,(often insufferable) 'mimics' [we tend to imitate whatever strikes us as 'insert your current favorite adverb here'.] To make matters worse, this follows 'fads' or 'trends' so it's changing all the time as schizo's seize on their favorite new meme and try it on for size.
Here's one most of you NEVER 'try on' [mostly because you're clueless where to begin...] The 'base' is always and always will be HUMAN.
STOP!
The glazed look in your eye tells me your asking why you read this far, well, Gegner rewards and YOU shall not be disappointed!
A tad 'dehumanizing' but each and every one of us 'reads' like a 'scorecard'. Start with a 'blank' human, give it a name, then tag it with a religion (or not as the trend suggests...most kids born after 9/11 don't get religious, er, training/indoctrination thanks to the stated cause of 9/11, religious extremism. [but I digress]
Are you still with me? Next we toss in an ideology. This starts off being whatever the parents belief system is but soon becomes whatever the Kool Kids are parroting on any given day.
Which is to point to a phenomenon that has been happening since the dawn of sentience, we LOVE to try on new things!
[Sidebar: How frightening is it that today's poorly socialized kids get their 'heroes' from video games? Worse, has anyone else noticed the rise in the er, 'adoration of bad guys'?]
While I point to the (disturbing) trend of people being [no candy coating it] 'dissatisfied' with who they are, we have/are becoming a society of chameleons!
Is it any wonder the media has reached the [obviously false] conclusion that we are 'divided'?
Ready for your 'reward'?
Here it is.
You [and EVERYBODY ELSE capable of putting on a 'pose'] ARE HUMAN FIRST!
No other 'label' applies. [Despite the 'artificially wealthy' sneering at you for not being as 'successful' a thief as they are] This is the 'MOTHER' of all 'posing'!
Where do YOU end and the 'pose' begin?
People who are 'comfortable in their own skin' don't bother with this exercise in 'void filling'.
I was prompted to craft this piece when I saw a news story last night regarding a student at MIT who was, er, dunno what they DID to him but they did take him downtown...and a random student they interviewed in connection with the discovery of an armory on campus.
The kid didn't look sure he knew he was MALE but right there on TV he apologized to the world for being A.) Republican and B.) being happy the 'Nanny State' intervened and removed the potential 'threat' to his fellow students.
So we arrive at the question...are you, YOU or are you the whatever you happen to admire this week?
How much of you are YOU and how much is Rin Tin-Tin? [and yeah, if you're under fifty-five you're gonna have to look that one up!]
Screwed up world? Small wonder, isn't it...
Thanks for letting me inside (one of) your head (s)
Gegner
Many if not most are so wrapped up in living up to the expectations of others that we never even contemplate who WE really are.
Sort of a bummer considering we live in the world of I! Here you are, living YOUR life to someone else's standards!
Does it help to know you're just like Bozo because you 'admired' what he/she represents [remember, in YOUR head! It may not have been true at all!]
While we are all, um,(often insufferable) 'mimics' [we tend to imitate whatever strikes us as 'insert your current favorite adverb here'.] To make matters worse, this follows 'fads' or 'trends' so it's changing all the time as schizo's seize on their favorite new meme and try it on for size.
Here's one most of you NEVER 'try on' [mostly because you're clueless where to begin...] The 'base' is always and always will be HUMAN.
STOP!
The glazed look in your eye tells me your asking why you read this far, well, Gegner rewards and YOU shall not be disappointed!
A tad 'dehumanizing' but each and every one of us 'reads' like a 'scorecard'. Start with a 'blank' human, give it a name, then tag it with a religion (or not as the trend suggests...most kids born after 9/11 don't get religious, er, training/indoctrination thanks to the stated cause of 9/11, religious extremism. [but I digress]
Are you still with me? Next we toss in an ideology. This starts off being whatever the parents belief system is but soon becomes whatever the Kool Kids are parroting on any given day.
Which is to point to a phenomenon that has been happening since the dawn of sentience, we LOVE to try on new things!
[Sidebar: How frightening is it that today's poorly socialized kids get their 'heroes' from video games? Worse, has anyone else noticed the rise in the er, 'adoration of bad guys'?]
While I point to the (disturbing) trend of people being [no candy coating it] 'dissatisfied' with who they are, we have/are becoming a society of chameleons!
Is it any wonder the media has reached the [obviously false] conclusion that we are 'divided'?
Ready for your 'reward'?
Here it is.
You [and EVERYBODY ELSE capable of putting on a 'pose'] ARE HUMAN FIRST!
No other 'label' applies. [Despite the 'artificially wealthy' sneering at you for not being as 'successful' a thief as they are] This is the 'MOTHER' of all 'posing'!
Where do YOU end and the 'pose' begin?
People who are 'comfortable in their own skin' don't bother with this exercise in 'void filling'.
I was prompted to craft this piece when I saw a news story last night regarding a student at MIT who was, er, dunno what they DID to him but they did take him downtown...and a random student they interviewed in connection with the discovery of an armory on campus.
The kid didn't look sure he knew he was MALE but right there on TV he apologized to the world for being A.) Republican and B.) being happy the 'Nanny State' intervened and removed the potential 'threat' to his fellow students.
So we arrive at the question...are you, YOU or are you the whatever you happen to admire this week?
How much of you are YOU and how much is Rin Tin-Tin? [and yeah, if you're under fifty-five you're gonna have to look that one up!]
Screwed up world? Small wonder, isn't it...
Thanks for letting me inside (one of) your head (s)
Gegner
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