I had been kinda debating for a while as to how exactly to say this without sounding like a kangaroo jack, and initially just wrote it off. But the topic keeps jumping back in my brain.
Coming through life, we have all heard more than our fair share of motivational (or otherwise) phrases and sayings. Most have good intentions and good messages, but every know and again, I run across someone doing something quite foolish, and quoting a saying as their defense. For example, one thing we tell our ladies is that they only deserve the best . Now don't take this as me going against that notion, because I plan on telling my daughter the same thing. The difference is, as opposed to just giving her that, and letting her find meaning in it through the material based world we live in, I will teach her what it means to deserve and demand the best. I have seen people end up in situations they weren't happy with because they were trying too hard to stick to a saying or phrase, when in actuality, they were missing the entire purpose of the message by taking it out of context. Maybe I am just too much of a realist to cosign to blind followings of sayings, but I really see it as a problem that can and has affected some people negatively. Knowing how to extract the meaning and appropriately apply it is a skill that is often times overlooked. I dont want to be long winded so in closing, don't use these uplifting and powerful words to paint a masterpiece so grand, that you cant see whats really going on behind it.
I, Her Son
13 years ago
