message
on repeat
think
for
yourself
blind
acceptance
of somebody else’s
‘truth’
hampers
creativity
instead
with courage
live the questions
Spotify often supplements family dinners with a side dish of musical entertainment. My family has a standing game in which we try to guess artists and groups. The kid nails many country acts, husband does well with Dinner Party , and I occasionally pull a rabbit out of my head…I mean hat.
Last night, I bit Spotify’s bait: Time Capsule—We made a playlist to take you back in time.
Enjoying a chicken fajita, three or four notes into a song, I felt…happy.
I knew the song, title, and group performing.
Heck, I knew almost every word!
My companions were stumped.
This song always makes me feel happy! I said.
I can see why you think you belong to me
I never tried to make you think, or let you see one thing for yourself
But now you’re off with someone else and I’m alone
You see I thought that I might keep you for my own
Amie what you want to do?
Jack Gibb (1964) has pointed out in his work on trust theory that giving advice to others, as opposed to sharing ideas and information with them, is an expression of distrust.
~Excerpt from How Come Every Time I Get Stabbed in the Back, My Fingerprints Are on the Knife by Jerry B. Harvey
Socrates said…
Strong minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Weak minds discuss people.
And more recently, Antonin Scalia said…
I attack ideas, I don’t attack people - and some very good people have some very bad ideas.
Neither a guru nor a follower be?
The image? Beautiful! Good fishing?
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