by Eric
Ask yourself "Should" not "Can"
November 29, 2008 in Blogging, Myth, Personal, Tribes by Eric
Don’t ask yourself, “Can I do this?” Ask, “Should I do this?” If the answer is yes, then find a way.
It is as simple and complex as that. I have been spending a lot of time lately trying to figure out what to do, and how I should go about doing it. Years ago, I became a part of an active and vibrant subculture founded on our love for a particular genre that taught us to look forward with hope in our eyes, working hard to create the future we want to live in.
Over the years, I have become cynical, and the furious flames for hop in my heart have died down to mere embers of their former glory, but I have not lost that ethic.
It doesn’t matter if the future we want to see is possible, or if my actions will in reality do anything to bring it into being. If I do not take action. If I don’t live in accordance with the ideals, hopes, and aspirations I have for myself, my tribe, my culture and my world, then I am responsible for that world never coming into being.
If I am not able to live according to the hopes I have for the future, then I cannot expect anyone else to.
My hero, Joseph Campbell said:
“We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.”
That is the point. If you want to make the world a better place, you have to make yourself a better person, and more fully human human being.
I believe in IDIC:
Infinite
Diversity in
Infinite
Combination
I believe you get back from life what you put into it. I believe that the most important question anyone can ask is, “What if?” The question opens us to all of the possibilities of an infinite possibilities.
So long as I live these ideals, and champion them when I see them challenged, then I vitalize myself. Others may listen, and fewer may join in, but the purpose and point is, I live in the world that I want to see, even if it is only in my own home.
We have to dream about the future. The future is open, and with the aid and support of like-minded individuals, we can live that future now. What more could I ask from life than that?
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