meaning it

Lately I've been trying to live by a slightly different set of rules.
Those who occasionally are forced to listen to my diatribe will have no doubt heard me use it a much wider context but it is valid non-the-less. What is this new life philosophy I hear you (virtually) cry?
Simple and I have mentioned it here before and well, I stole it from Yoda.....

Do or don't do.

I've cut it short because I don't think it needs the bit about trying.
Actually, if I was being truely pedantic, I should say that what I really mean, is to just mean what you say. If you say you are going to do something, do it. By the same token, if you say you're not going to do something, don't do it. If you like something, say it. If you don't, still say. What matters is that whatever it is, just mean it.

Is it really that hard?
It shouldn't be.
The reason why Lucifer was cast out of Heaven was because he was jealous of Man's Free Will (depending on which story you're reading of course...) so we are all capable of doing exactly what we want, no? It also points to us being responsible for everything we do so if we can't do something that we said we would, there is really no excuse beyond you not really wanting to do that thing in the first place.

The same goes for the things you say.
How often have you heard or have used yourself the following:
"that's not what I meant".
The simple question is then, did they really misunderstand you or did you fail to express yourself properly? Or was it because you liked the sound of what you were saying more than the reality of what you were saying? In this modern age of teen melodrama and soaps, it is a common sympton for people to live for the soundbite to the extent that in their heads, they now have a library of things to say that are not much more than things nabbed from tv shows that were used during some rediculously unbelieveable plotline, along with some guitar song background and some kind of lighting special effect that ends the scene with either a kiss or a lonely figure in a crowd. What this means is that people are more and more moulding their lives and situations to match what they see.
Is this new?
Nope.
It's just more annoying than it used to be because it's gotten to the point when people have stopped thinking about what it is they are saying. Again, this is me talking about the disparity between what is said and what is done. Because of the constant searching for moments to use those soundbites, what is eventually said is meaningless and no longer honest to the person, the moment or the situation. It is shallow beyond shallow and hence a lie of the worst order. Most people lie for a reason. This sort of lie is empty and has no purpose. It exists because of a false reality. It doesn't further anything because it is more often than not a pointless expression/statement. It does nothing and changes nothing. If anything, if it does do something, then it makes things worse. It is a lie that doesn't benefit the liar.
So what's the point I'm making here?
Nothing more than a simple request:
People, think about what you say and don't say it unless you mean it.


Titled: 7th December 2007
Published :30th December 2007