Know Nothing Stays The Same

The following was going to be a reply, but got so long I just made it a post. (see lazy)

Anonymous said...
Doug, is it somehow telling that you have more to say about other people's live than you do about you own? By the way this is my favorite of your posts because not only are you wrong but you admit it. I very seldom hear that.

I’m certainly wrong enough to admit it every now and again. Also, I think that we occasionally go through these rare points of honesty in our lives where we wonder if we know anything about anything anymore… I think I’m there. I don’t think it’s a bad thing – not like questioning convictions or anything… rather looking around and realizing that so many people are, in so many ways, smarter or wiser than I am. To be honest, lately I don’t feel smart or articulate about much of anything… I think its God’s little way of humbling me.

As to finding other people’s lives more interesting… that’s not true… it’s just Melody’s right now. I think we go through these other points in life where we truly change as a person… I mean all the way to our character and the core of who we are… I don’t think it happens often, maybe only a handful of times in a lifetime, but when it does it’s sudden and beautiful and painful all at the same time and it’s the closest thing to being two places at once that you’ll ever feel. It’s not like being conflicted but rather holding two conflicting ideas in your mind and believing them both equally. It’s like something akin to homesickness. I think I just stopped making sense.

Anyway, I think I’ve been there and it seems kind of like what I've seen on Melody’s blog lately. While it’s sad, it defiantly makes for better copy than my average day. I guess this is basically just me stealing Melody’s crap for material on my own blog…. Sucker.