July 17th, 2009
A few hours ago, I had myself convinced to delete this blog. Reasons being, this takes time and I haven’t posted anything since Nov 2008. But I realized that this blog is a good thing, and that time can be arranged. 
Hi. How’s 2009 going. I’m alright, slowly progressing.
It’s interesting just how ungrateful we all are. (Fun subject, no?)
Our neighbor brings us a cake. We acknowledge the good will, but we do not truely accept the good will; we feel bad that we didn’t do something as nice. We then try to beat their good will with ours.
We eat the delicious cake, it’s the best we’ve ever had! We should be very happy at this point. But it doesn’t stop there. Instead of accepting what we have (a nice neighbor who makes the best cakes), we want more. We’ll probably ask for the recipe. The neighbor is nice enough to give it to us, and we are happy.
We do not live out our role in the world, instead we decide to take what’s good in the world and incorporate it into our own little world (without the annoying yet very nice neighbor). We have no class. Our character is slim, we live in our own head, in an imaginary world. It’s all about “me”, not about “who I am”.
Your character is who you are as a human being. This is something you build, this is something you become, because living by feel has no class.
Open for discussion. 
July 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I like the topic. There are things in our lives that simply need accepting (both good and bad). Yet, we try to “compensate” for them. Is this due to our guilt or egos?
What happens if we simply live in the moment the “cake” is brought? And simply truly appreciate the good deed? Do we lose ourselves somehow? Why?
I think that the cake being figurative, we receive many things from strangers and friends alike that are simply wonderfully nice. What would happen if we simply stayed in the present and said a genuine “thank you” is that the giver would get the most out of it. But they are giving. So, what’s the problem?