"They keep creating new ways to celebrate mediocrity..."
Watched "The Incredibles" for the first time last night and went to sleep contemplating this quote from Syndrome:
"Everyone can be super. And when everyone's super...no one will be."
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posted by em²ile² @ 5:58 PM
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Yet, when everyone becomes oneself, diversity becomes a singularity. All those who were truly great had a cause, like Charles Martel and the Turk invasion, or Albert Einstein and his physics, Jesus and the salvation of the world... destiny is an essential part of being.
-T.N.O.
scottie b, thank you for your gracious comments. I hope you'll check back frequently! It is strange that the bad guy would notice something the others are missing- yet another paradox. Competition is good, but seriously, if everyone's on the same level of achievement then there's no point to anyone being extraordinary. That's why we can't celebrate mediocrity or support the idea that "everyone's a winner."
TNO, you're exactly right: an essential part of fullfilling one's potential is striving toward a calling that is greater than oneself. Going beyond the boundaries of the individual for the benefit of humanity. Without this "higher calling" we are all helplessly alike.
"When people try to be different, just to be different, it is still conformity." Amen!
Are we faced with mediocrity or complacency? I would think that most Americans have not devoted themselves to a task and have chosen to become observers in life's action. Instead of being part of the important stuff, we decide to try to make that next million. So, they hate life because they are denied the unreasonable goal they have set for themselves. Life is not easy, don't mistake me - but it is supposed to be an adventure, nonetheless.
-T.N.O.
What's the difference between mediocrity and complacency? Really, and don't give me some definition off the web. Obviosly, there's a balance involved. I'm just saying that at the moment American society is, in general, leaning far to the side of mediocrity. No one excels and very few try.
I don't think that the mediocrity we see is the problem. I think the source is complacency.
-T.N.O.
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