Epiphany Moments
OK...play with me here. I was just talking with a coworker about this. There are many, many instances in my life where something small jumped out and created what I'd call an epiphany moment. I thought we could create a thread here were we can all share such moments that we experienced. Let's only share one per post, perhaps discuss among each other each one. My comment was that I could probably write a book of such moments in my life - there have been a lot...some big, some small. All somewhat entertaining. So, to start things off I'll share what I was just talking about today.
We were discussing how books are disappearing to some degree (print vs. digital) and the subject of Blockbuster Video came up (how they sucked which prompted my buddy to join Netflix long before most of us knew of them). After the great recession a movie was made, "Inside Job", explaining the financial crisis and related corruption. I've still never seen it. But, upon learning it had won an Academy Award I waltzed on into our local Blockbuster and saw that it wasn't on the shelf. I asked the young man at the counter where it was and he said, "Yeah. We don't carry it." I found that really fascinating. "Blockbuster" was a misnomer. They were out of business in about a year... I know - not much to this one. I have some real doosies that will follow.
We were discussing how books are disappearing to some degree (print vs. digital) and the subject of Blockbuster Video came up (how they sucked which prompted my buddy to join Netflix long before most of us knew of them). After the great recession a movie was made, "Inside Job", explaining the financial crisis and related corruption. I've still never seen it. But, upon learning it had won an Academy Award I waltzed on into our local Blockbuster and saw that it wasn't on the shelf. I asked the young man at the counter where it was and he said, "Yeah. We don't carry it." I found that really fascinating. "Blockbuster" was a misnomer. They were out of business in about a year... I know - not much to this one. I have some real doosies that will follow.
My epiphany was this: Envy is the only one of the Seven Deadly Sins that isn't fun.
One can imagine starting a cult based on Lust, Gluttony, Sloth, Vanity, Greed, or even Vengeance, but Envy? For real?!?
No wonder socialists, existentialists, deconstructionists, feminists, intersectionalists, postmodernists, et al. are so miserable all the time!
I realized the other day that "When one chooses "not" a moral standard then one can do no moral wrong."
Major cop out or what?
There is a big difference between honest belief and the truth.