"We have superstitions because we are smart enough to realize we can't understand it all."
~paraphrase of "moral" at the end of Grey's Anatomy 03.20.06
"...the doubt that fills my mind..."
~Howie Day, Collide
So I had this brilliant idea to start a blog. Well, I've been considering if for some time, so why not start it well after I should be in bed after a great but exhausting weekend. Ok, it's neither brilliant nor original, but hey, why not?
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Today I was reminded of a comment in Pride & Prejudice when someone remarks that Elizabeth could never realize how plain her good friend (I forget her name) truly is. Elizabeth can't really be objective, is unable to see her friend as her friend knows herself to truly be -- in other words, her friend has a better, more accurate perception of herself than Elizabeth. I know this is not often the case, or at least not often recognized as the case, but there is something to be said for recognizing your own faults (and gifts), especially if you can peer through all the confusion and gain a more accurate image of reality and your place in it than those around you.
"And look at the stars
Don't it remind you just how feeble we are?"
~John Mayer, New Deep
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