Re: Me and my macaroni
drgardin@us.ibm.com
Thu, 05 Aug 1999 11:44:25 -0600
Hello, I've been subscribing to the list for a while now but did not think I
would ever post. Just taking the time to ease drop on some of your discussions
is usually indulgence enough. I find myself, however, with a few free moments,
and a Salinger reference coinciding with a moment of weakness.
While I also agree that thinking too much, especially at the expense of doing,
is a handicap. We must also strive for a balance between the two. In one of my
favorite passages from Raise High the Roof Beam Carpenters, Seymour writes in
his diary of his mother in law: (paraphrasing) 'She has no understanding of
the poetry that runs through things, all things... I find her unimaginably
brave.' In Seymour's life, tortured as it may have been, he still extends pity
to those who are not in touch with the flow, the beautiful rhythm of life. This
is not something you can come to understand from reading philosophy texts but
I'm pretty sure it requires a bit of pondering.
"Never lose a holy curiosity"
Colin Pink <colin@cpink.demon.co.uk> on 08/05/99 03:47:45 AM
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In message <15bd2bcb.24da38bf@aol.com>, Bliss9842@aol.com writes
>I agree with Sean a lot. Once you start to worry about 'the meaning of life'
>you may begin to lose the joy of simply living. I think that the meaning of
>life, the point of being, is just to be yourself, do as much as you can and
>have fun. Don't over-analyze things, it just makes them more confusing and a
>lot less enjoyable, in my humble opinion, anyway.
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>--Jocelyn.
Absolutely. Thinking too much is a recipe for misery.
Having said that I don't think it is something one can control all that
much. Some people are by nature prone to reflect on things a lot and if
one is like that - and probably most of the people on this list are -
there isn't a lot you can do about it. I always think Wittgenstein's
idea of Philosophy as a disease he was trying to cure himself and other
people of is very true.
--
Colin Pink