How Cool is Cold?
I wonder about the most obscure things; well maybe not the
“most” obscure things. I haven’t been
everywhere in the world so I can’t attest to knowing the “most” of anything. Unlike those people who make ribs and
hamburgers and other delicacies who can claim “world’s greatest” or “most
delicious”. That’s an expensive
certification process – traveling around the world, sampling everything in and
around their area of focus and expertise and then delivering unbiased claims
and unadulterated professions of quality.
I would buy something because the advertisement professed something to
be “best in the world” wouldn’t you?
So you’re saying you’re discerning? If you’re not honey there’s
an education coming your way and it has the potential to become painfully
obvious that you need to learn quickly.
In our zone of travel we need to be particularly careful about what we
believe and what we dismiss as extensive blather and nonsense designed to
relieve us of financial gain. We also
need to realize that although we may be ‘technically’ protected by the justice
system, laws were not always championed to do anything more than mollify the
squeaky wheel. Laws get politicians
reelected. Sometimes laws are good and
other times laws are so much window dressing. Don’t put all your coinage on
number 36 every time the roulette wheel is spun.
There are two (or more) sides to every discussion. How well
do you know the person in whom you are placing trust? Does it sometimes feel like the cliff is over
the next undulation of the field? Go
slow sisters, go slow. Yes I repeated it
and I’ll repeat it again. Modeling your
actions after George Custer might prove disastrous. Follow blindly; I think
not. Grab a girlfriend by the hand and
pull her aside if you see a precipice looming in the distance.
Obligation, am I creating an obligation for you? Absolutely my friends, friendship carries
responsibilities. If you translate
responsibility to mean obligation are you serving anyone’s interest? Yep, controversy is somewhere in my
development. So I evaluate as often as
my pretty blonde (wait I was a brunette last week) head can handle.
A corollary arrives on the wings of vocal chords. I’ve been
told something is ‘cool’. Then I hear
something is ‘really cool’. Does that
mean things are cool squared? I’ve heard
something labeled “super cool.” Does
that mean you measure the absolute temperature utilizing the Kelvin scale? What
happens when things are really, really cool?
Does that mean things are cold; frozen?
We’ve used the phrase “that’s cold”.
If we say you’re really, really cool that means you’re cold?
I worry that all this time I’ve been insulting rather than
flattering with my words.
Could I be transposing something upon which I am
transfixed? Additionally I get hung up
on the use of adverbs. You know all
those really adverbially speaking people.
Actually some people speak in proverbs.
Maybe it’s existentialism. Surely we could probably and in all
likelihood (is there a partial likelihood?) get to the actual point more
quickly. So literally speaking, why not
get to the point without having to leave things to interpretation?
Interpretation is dangerous in the wrong hands. Call someone ‘special’ and you could mean
anything from gifted and wonderful to needing remedial education. Isn’t it nuts?
I am as guilty as the next person. I label someone ‘the best’. Does that mean I can’t label someone else
‘the best’? Can there be more than one
‘best’ at something? I guess it’s like
being the #1 Fan. How many #1 fans of
the same team can there be? I guess it’s
problematic to have consecutively numbered #[blank] Fan license plates, shirts,
sponge hands, etc.
Get where I’m going?
Or are you running in the opposite direction?
Yes, I ramble.
Utilize your discernment. Decide
which of what I spout means anything to you.
Do the same with others. Hold
closely the words that inspire. And draw
closer to those with whom you have developed friendship. We all need friends; cool friends. Maybe we have really cool friends. They will never be cold to you if they are
genuine and loyal. Only you know the
answer. Don’t sell your friendship
blindly. It is one of the few things
nobody can take from you without your permission.
Love and hugs, Nikki DiCaro
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