Lodragandraoidh's Journal: Moving the immovable object...

Un pobre guey (593801) pointed out the basic futility behind my sig in this article.

While not perfect, by any means, I did come up with some pretty good stuff - which I intend to massage into something more useful over time.

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Life is about that [struggling for what is right against greed and stupidity]. However, our performance is rarely as consistent as our best intentions.

Conversely, the same thing can be expressed as:

Life will always be about furthering our greedy desires, despite our stupidity, at the expense of truth.

It all depends on where you mostly fall in the desire/righteousness continuum.

[commenting upon Un Pobre's suggestion that these ideals get 'crushed on a vast scale on a daily basis']

The key to not becoming disheartened is to pick your battles carefully. That way you aren't always getting squashed. Know when it is most useful to expose your hand, and when it is better to work quietly behind the scenes.

Overall, it is much better to gather 10,000 allies quietly over time, than to run out into sunlight alone and get squashed right away - unless you are into being a martyr. Patience and sacrifice = success. Sacrifice alone = death.

I do not advocate blind sacrifice. I do advocate struggling for what is right - but smartly, with your eyes open.