"...In some cases, a man's sense of life is better (closer to the truth) than the kind of ideas he accepts. In other cases, his sense of life is much worse than the ideas he professes to accept but is unable to fully practice. Ironically enough, it is man's emotions, in such cases, that act as avengers of his neglected or betrayed intellect.
In order to live, men must act; in order to act, he must make choices; in order to make choices, he must define a code of values; in order to define a code of values, he must know what he is and where he is--ie he must know his own nature (including his means of knowledge) and the nature of the universe in which he acts..."~Ayn Rand The Romantic Manifesto pg. 30
I see what I want to see. People see what they want to see. People rarely read or think; they see or hear a line and go from there. This practice is apparent in Email exchanges. It is apparent in this blog.
All week I have thought about the Animal House quote, "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life." Some people go through life "fat, drunk and stupid." They never think about what life really means. They never make a conscience decision to do what is right. They do not care about right and wrong. They do not care about morals or ideals. They are pragmatic realists.
I downloaded Jackson Browne's Greatest Hits mainly for "The Pretender": "I am going to be a happy idiot and struggle for the legal tender."
Maybe pretending is all we can do.
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