A Lie By Noon
The Infinite Echo
B. Thomas Cooper
Editor
“In Africa a thing is true at first light and a lie by noon, and you have no more respect for it than for the lovely, weed-fringed lake you see across the sun baked plain. You have walked across that plain in the morning and you know that no such lake is there. But now it is there, absolutely true, beautiful and believable.”
-- Earnest Hemingway
A brilliant observation.
Perhaps it is instinctive for man to see only what he wishes to see. The truth always seems so illusive, when in fact, it is we who are eluding the truth. Humanity tends to paint with a broad brush. Generally, too broad.
We often speak of the finer things in life, yet seldom do we pursue them.
Lord, how we rail against injustice, as if we give a rat’s ass. In practice, we would be willing to punch granny in the nose before allowing her to take the choice parking spot in the shade. Suddenly, she’s someone else’s problem, as our beer is getting warm. Let’s all take a bow for humanity.
Believe me, I have witnessed the smartest people doing the stupidest things… usually on purpose. I would be a liar myself, if I claimed to be immune to such behavior. Stupid is as stupid does.
Perhaps Yogi Berra said it best: “We may be lost, but we're making good time.”
So where do we go from here, when we are unwilling to acknowledge the gravest of error? You heard what the man said…you break it, you fix it. Right?
Frankly, I don’t believe that we as a nation, nor as a people, have the fortitude to right our wrongs. In fact, I know we don’t. I’ve seen the way we stand up for ourselves. It’s all just one game after another. True at first light, and a lie by noon.
The Infinite Echo
http://theinfiniteecho.blogspot.com/
B. Thomas Cooper
Editor
“In Africa a thing is true at first light and a lie by noon, and you have no more respect for it than for the lovely, weed-fringed lake you see across the sun baked plain. You have walked across that plain in the morning and you know that no such lake is there. But now it is there, absolutely true, beautiful and believable.”
-- Earnest Hemingway
A brilliant observation.
Perhaps it is instinctive for man to see only what he wishes to see. The truth always seems so illusive, when in fact, it is we who are eluding the truth. Humanity tends to paint with a broad brush. Generally, too broad.
We often speak of the finer things in life, yet seldom do we pursue them.
Lord, how we rail against injustice, as if we give a rat’s ass. In practice, we would be willing to punch granny in the nose before allowing her to take the choice parking spot in the shade. Suddenly, she’s someone else’s problem, as our beer is getting warm. Let’s all take a bow for humanity.
Believe me, I have witnessed the smartest people doing the stupidest things… usually on purpose. I would be a liar myself, if I claimed to be immune to such behavior. Stupid is as stupid does.
Perhaps Yogi Berra said it best: “We may be lost, but we're making good time.”
So where do we go from here, when we are unwilling to acknowledge the gravest of error? You heard what the man said…you break it, you fix it. Right?
Frankly, I don’t believe that we as a nation, nor as a people, have the fortitude to right our wrongs. In fact, I know we don’t. I’ve seen the way we stand up for ourselves. It’s all just one game after another. True at first light, and a lie by noon.
The Infinite Echo
http://theinfiniteecho.blogspot.com/
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