LOVE
and a little humility
and the balls to call it the way you see it
is all you need.
Never give an inch... henry stamper
posted by Bill Simpson at 1/27/2007 10:43:00 PM
Saturday, January 27, 2007
and a little humility
and the balls to call it the way you see it
is all you need.
Never give an inch... henry stamper
3 Comments:
Is this entire quote from “Sometimes A Great Notion,” or just the last line?
In any case, aren’t there two contrary philosophies expressed here? Never giving an inch means always having things your way: total domination by the ego, putting the self above all others and all ideas, ignoring the possibility that you could be wrong. Sort of what Bush seems to be doing in Iraq.
On the other hand, the idea of love, I think, means doing for others instead of self, acceding to the will of another, compromising because you care about that person and care that their needs are met, even at the cost of your own. In other words, love subverts the ego and forces you to give an inch now and then. What you think?
chuck, i can always count on you to take an extra moment to reflect.
been tough lately getting a rise out of blog members. maybe they've turned off their machines.
was thinking i might have to post a pic of that dude getting his head ripped off during his hanging at the hands of those tormented shia.
threw in stamper's credo just to see if anyone would notice. life is, after all, a long series of contradictions, of thinking this and doing that, saying black and being white, loving and hating, digging in your heels and saying o what the hay let's go down mexico way, thick and thin, lose or win.
so far i've never known any love like the love i feel for my kid but i'm sure, eventually, she'll piss me off and i'll say something nasty to her that she'll never forget and then i'll feel like crap and apologize and around and around we'll go.
earth is round, after all. ain't no straight lines anywhere save the ones up in our heads.
" If you do not give right attention to the one you love, it is a kind of killing. When you are in the car together, if you are lost in your thoughts, assuming you already know everything about her, she will slowly die."
__Thich Nhat Hanh
" Of all fires love is the only inexhaustible one."
__Pablo Neruda
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