Aging idealism?
Do we have to give up our idealism as we get older? Do we have to "settle down"?
I don't want to give up the things I believed when I was in college. I want to know inside that I can still change the world for the better. I want to know I can make miracles happen simply by deciding I want to make miracles happen. I want to make passionate speeches, take over buildings and stop wars! I want to get my candidates elected. I want to believe they'll do the things they said they'd do. I want my optimism to be natural and unwavering.
But the years have taken their toll. Disappointments and fatigue make settling down, staying quiet, leaving it up to the next generation of idealist to change the world, that much more attractive. But so what?!? Who cares if my optimism doesn't feel natural anymore! Who cares if I have to work at it now. I still want to believe I can change the world. And you know what? Wanting to believe it makes it possible.
On a somewhat related tangent... I heard a funny question the other day... how come we get 50 candidates for Miss America and only 2 for president?!? Think about it! Personally, I'd rather vote for Miss America to be president than these two clowns we have to pick from! She couldn't do any worse, and she'd be better to look at for 4 years.
10 Comments:
behzad, you skeptic,
if all of thy endearing charms were mine...,
i swoon..., i die..., serene..., sublime.
Get a room, you two
Behzad, a skeptic??
behzad a skeptic? let's dance!
Behzad Ibiza???
Why is Jane Pauley posting love letters to Behzad?
If you could take over wars and stop buildings why would you need to get a candidate electrocuted?
I voted for Prell to go back to the old glass bottle. Then I became deeply cynical.
So did Jane Peneley swoon and die?
BTW I want raging idealism and complex solutions for simple problems. I don't want to settle down, I want to settle up.
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