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| I believe that every individual, during the course of their
life, truly pursues one thing: absolutes. I think that each and every
human being urgently desires to find something that is the end-all to
their life, something that cannot be proven wrong, something that will
just be there for them. We search for a solid base from which to build
our lives. Even when an individual decides to disregard and discard
the concept of absolute truth, they have decided to live their life in
such a way that consistently denies absolute truth; in doing this, they
have given themselves absolute authority over their own life. They
have decided that the individual is the absolute authority.
As humans, we inherently believe that our actions have meaning. If we
did not, then no human would be willing to act. We must have a driving
force behind our actions. Whether the individual is Mother Teresa
helping the poor in India or a college student cheating on an exam or a
father buying a car for his daughter, individuals are motivated by a
belief in something. This belief could be in God, it could be in the
environment, it could be the future, it could be in the self, it could
be the past. Whatever the belief is, the individual holds that belief
for a rational reason. We stand firm on the idea that what we believe
is right. If we don't believe that our beliefs are right, then they
are not beliefs.
I think that people search for 3 absolutes:
absolute love, absolute beauty, and absolute justice. These three
things are the basis for most human behavior. Whether it is crying
"that's not fair" on the playground, or looking through a book of
paintings, or buying roses for that special someone, all actions are
motivated by a pursuit of these three things.
Over the next few weeks I'm going to compile my thoughts on each. I'll post them as I do them.
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| "These paintings, these poems, and these demonstrations which we have been talking about are the expression of men who are struggling with their appalling lostness. Dare we laugh at such things? Dare we feel superior when we view their tortured expressions in their art? Christians should stop laughing and take such men seriously. Then we shall have the right to speak again to our generation. These men are dying while they live; yet where is our compassion for them? There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion."
-Francis Schaeffer, The God Who is There
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It'll have to do.
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| My high school teacher told me
what rite of passage means
once you crawled in diapers
and now you walk in jeans.
That's a definition
that doesn't satisfy
because how you have one
was simply let slide.
College hasn't answered
this question that I have
my classmates seem to think
it's getting wasted at The Tav.
'Cause I don't want to be
a juvenile 'til I'm dead
I had better figure it out from
these ideas in my head.
So, what's a rite of passage
is it learning to dress snappy
then getting a corner office
and treating people crappy?
What's a rite of passage
is it getting myself laid
is it writing into MTV
and appearing on Made?
Is it going to the opera
and understanding all the words
is it watching the news
and sympathyzing with the Kurds?
What's a rite of passage
is it making your own lunch
and adding chips to sandwiches
to give them that crunch?
What's a rite of passage
is it staying up all night
is it pushing someone's buttons
and starting up a fight?
Is it breaking up with someone
is it going on a date
is it forging your own path
or accepting your own fate?
Can it be isolated
to just a lone event
or is this spectulation
time poorly spent?
Perhaps the answer's out there
it stares me in the face
the one right thing to do
is just run my race.
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