Wednesday, July 21, 2010

The Bucket List

I feel I'm a bit young to be writing a bucket list. But for a multitude of reasons (which I won't go into now), I've been giving it some thought.

While there are many things that I would like to do, most are just arbitrary desires: travel, lifestyle... mostly travel. I don't feel these things would change me or my life immensely. Don't get me wrong, they'd be fun and worth my while, but I could just as easily do without them.

The truth is that the only thing I can think of that would cause me regret would be to be silent on my observations and intuitions about the world around me. Communication, convergence, competition, and cooperation seem to me to be as natural as the universe.

It's not that I know what others do not. Quite the opposite, I think. Nor do I believe to have answers or influence. The act of expressing my ideas helps me refine, examine, and judge them. I have strong opinions, but try to base them on facts, experience, and logic (which has reliably resolved many of the problems I've faced.)

I am motivated by the seemingly incurable human condition of suffering, and the seemingly infinite search for truth. This is the reason I started this blog. It's the reason I'll continue blogging. The beginning and end are certain, it's the middle that defines.

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