Life is full of extremes and nothing highlights those extremes more than the two things I have been doing this morning - oooing and ahing over my cat as she plays in a sunbeam and looking up Bruce Campbell on the internet. The first highlights the the awe you feel when you see something (or one) in a truly peaceful moment. My cat is on her back right now with her head turned towards the window, a portion of her face lit by a streak of light. By seeing her that way I share her peace.
The second highlights how ludicrous life can be, so why take it so seriously. Bruce Campbell epitomizes the purposeful outsider, rejecting the rules because there are rules that are stupid and only stupid people follow those rules. Bruce Campbell is a serious thoughtful actor and author who has embraced his life and accomplishments. He has made a career that by the rules would be mediocre, but for him is a legacy. By reading about his life and work I think about how I can find my own legacy.
This goes back to something I have been thinking about - people may not like you for who you are, but they will respect you when you are. That out ways being liked. So in making my point about extremes it looks like kitty and Bruce Campbell are actually highlighting the same lesson.
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- Michelle Jiles
- I am slap-happying around with my secret sight, and my secret thoughts, and my secret joys. That I randomly share with the world.
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