Oprah has a little segment called ‘What I know for Sure.’ I haven’t watched her in years. I don’t read her magazine, but I think it is a nice concept. It’s a good way to peddle your own views to the world. Package it up as wisdom, when in reality it is your opinion, personal philosophy, dressed-up drivel, etc. I’m not downing Oprah. Everyone does it they just don’t do it as well as Oprah. That’s what all this communication is after all. It’s just self-important crap. This I know for sure.
And the other thing I know: It doesn’t matter if you are happy, only that you appear happy. Go through the motions, and don’t rock anyone’s boat. Play the part and stay in your seat. Take what you’re given and grin. Repeat the clichés that you’ve learned. Keep to your part. You have no will. Having trouble? Take a pill.
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I disagree... it DOES matter. I can say that those of us that play along and sit in our seats... we will not be the ones to produce a great work of art or write the great novel. If we play nice like we are told we will simply fit in and make life a little easier. that's all.It's the ones that make a rucus, don't play nice, push the envelope, refuse to fit in that end up doing great things.
So that would make you a proponent for my rocking boats and making people squeamish with the unleashing of my emotions? The torrent isn't what it once was now that I've been tempered with medication, which has allowed me to placate others. Besides I've already rocked a boat this week, just with less fury than I might have done so in the past. It didn't get me what I want. I can't get what I want. And I feel like a spoiled litte girl for not wanting to accept the fact.
The nail that sticks up gets hammered down... or so they say.
The key is to know when to conform and when not to conform. Martin Luther King did it right, and Ted Kaczenski did it wrong.
You have to find the right place and time, and then find someone to accept what you are doing. People who have open minds are obviously preferred.
You have to remember that if you refuse to wear a tie, then IBM might not be the place for you. If you want to change a culture or practice that the majority is comfortable with... expect paragraph one to apply.
- ND
I'm not trying to work for IBM or change a culture. I'm trying to share myself with someone I find interesting. Open minds? What about open hearts?
I do take my medication even if at times it is done so with resentment. I understand that my emotions peak and plummet to degrees the majority do not. I also understand it is not a choice, but a genetic malfunction that puts me in this minority place. With all that said, I'm still the one out here with an open mind and an open heart. And this nail has yet to be hammered. (I'm guessing my meaning is different than yours)
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