Monday, September 14, 2009

Just To Be Clear

In case I have not already explained this very important aspect of my worldview, let me do this now.  I have most likely already said this, or some variation of this, but I feel that I can not be misunderstood about this.  This would be the guiding principle of my life, as far as usefulness and worth is concerned.  I look at the things around me and I deconstruct them into their various components and constituent pieces.  The table becomes a collection of wood, nails, glue, and paint.  The rangers' shed in Lockett Meadow is coincidentally this same collection of materials, just in larger quantity.  So too would be the walls of the house that I see myself building.  In other words, the table is the shed is the house.  If I can build that table, then I can build the house.  The main philosophy here is that there is nothing that I see that I don't immediately think to myself, "I could make that, and I could do it better."  There is nothing that I see that I do not believe I could do better of.  Not just in the building of physical things, but the learning of material, the understanding of wisdom, and the general living of life.  I'm not the greatest human being to ever live, but I could be.  I live in a world literally void of obstacles.  I am saying this very specifically about myself.  This is not a philosophy that can be applied to all of humanity, and I don't pretend that it ever will be.  This is something that I'm saying about myself.  The only thing that prevents me from being that best welder that ever welded is that I have yet to buy a welding torch or learn how to weld.  The only thing that stops me from designing the most efficient airplane that ever floated around our planet is that I haven't tried to do that yet.  Keep this in mind when I conquer and ultimately destroy the earth.