Here I am at 12:14 a.m. – writing. I’ve gotta be up in 6-ish hours to go to
work. I’ve already had a long day. I should be tired. . . What am I doing?!?!
Writing.
Why? Because the words
have to get out. If I don’t write, the
words are just going to keep me restless; or worse yet, I’ll lose them. It’s not that what I’m writing is so
paramount that I’m uncontrollably driven to write. I’m not scribing the Bible here! Nor am I saving the world . . .
I’m writing
because there’s something I feel and I cannot be the only one who does. It’s an unsettling feeling that sometimes keeps
me up at night. Sometimes this feeling
leaves me screaming angry. Sometimes
this feeling leaves me depressed & lost.
I can't always describe this feeling, outside of the fact that I
perceive it, & I know at times this brings out questions that we all have
asked: "Why is this happening?"
"Why am I here?"
"What is wrong with this world?"
To quote
Morpheus from the movie The Matrix:
“Let me tell
you why you're here. You're here because you know something. What you know, you
can't explain. But you feel it. You've felt it your entire life. That there's
something wrong with the world. You don't know what it is, but it's
there...like a splinter in your mind, driving you mad. It is this feeling that
has brought you to me. Do you know what I'm talking about?
And we all know what he's talking about. In the movie Neo answers Morpheus with the
question "The Matrix?" but
in real life we can answer Morpheus' question with questions of our own:
"Why is life so mundane?" “Where is the grand adventure?"
"Why aren’t there Heroes anymore?”
I’m starting this Blog because I’d like to know the answer to
these questions & I don’t believe I’m the only one who does. I believe Heroism is in the heart of every
person. We live in a messed up world
with many needs. I believe the choice of
Heroism tugs at our very being every day & every day we decide if we’ll
listen & respond to it or not.
My intention with this blog is to write about what I see and
hear and feel and I invite you to respond in kind. Some days the posts will be serious &
some days they’ll be comical. My hope is
one day the questions a fore mentioned can be answered with an uproar of people
saying “Send me, I’ll go. I’ll be the
Hero.”
At the end of the day, all that’s here are words & all
I’m doing is writing. But, words in
their basest form are the conveyance of ideas & ideas have the potential to
become something more, something greater, if you let them. What you choose to do with what you see here
is up to you. So whether this blog is your
call to arms, a wind of inspiration, or just a breath of fresh air, I hope it
leaves you feeling better then when you found it, whatever ‘better’ might be.
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