Conservation of Greatness
Conservation of greatness is the first law of Person. There are other similar laws such as "conservation of matter" and "conservation of energy." But Conservation of Greatness seems to be the truest of all.
It was quite evident that matter cannot be created or destroyed. Science tells us so. So how'd we get here again Mr. Scientist? ....Yah but matter cannot be created... Anywho. It is scientific truth that matter cannot be created or destroyed. There is just matter in the universe and that's all the matter we get to use. Its like being a 3 year old living in the sticks with only so much playdo. Once all that playdo winds up in the crack of the table and your stomach there's no more. (hang with me a little longer)
The same goes with energy. It cannot be created. Nor can it be destroyed. It can't be "used up" only transfered.
The same goes with persons and greatness. It seems that each of us only has so much greatness in our being. We can only attain so much. And that greatness cannot be taken from us, created, or destroyed. Take the volleyball player for instance. They make a great diving dig and up the ball to their setter. They quickly get up and move in for the kill. But they shank it into the net because by that time their body doesn't its normal rhythm. Conservation of greatness.
I also look at people like Thomas Jefferson to support the idea of the conservation. One of the most revolutionary ideas ever purposed. "All men are created equal." What? That's... that's... that's... brilliant. Nobody is "better" than me. We are- equal. Fundamentally at our core the same. Wow. Especially during an era of Kings, empires, sultans, and slaves. What a beautiful thought. How great to be "equal."
But that's where Jefferson's greatness might have begun to play out. The consummate irony of a great political thinker. Ideology is easier than practice. Jefferson owned slaves; something inherently unequal. And slept with them. There was only so much greatness he could posses.
Martin Luther- Great revolutionary. Followed in Jan Huss' footsteps and lead the greatest revolt ever. In his younger years he was pure and forging. Bold and beefy. But near his later years in life was very ant-semitic and became somewhat curt. Conservation of greatness.
In history we can see that nobody is great. Everybody has their flaws that constrict their greatness. Recently is was discovered in Mother Theresa's diary that her faith in God wavered. In the best movies the hero dies.
Nobody's perfect. Its a sad lesson. It hurts our view of "heros." It puts a scratched cover over our achievements. Its our humanness. Or maybe our ability to be super-human. Its a conservation of greatness.
Paul "Go Cocks" Murphy
Conservation of greatness is the first law of Person. There are other similar laws such as "conservation of matter" and "conservation of energy." But Conservation of Greatness seems to be the truest of all.
It was quite evident that matter cannot be created or destroyed. Science tells us so. So how'd we get here again Mr. Scientist? ....Yah but matter cannot be created... Anywho. It is scientific truth that matter cannot be created or destroyed. There is just matter in the universe and that's all the matter we get to use. Its like being a 3 year old living in the sticks with only so much playdo. Once all that playdo winds up in the crack of the table and your stomach there's no more. (hang with me a little longer)
The same goes with energy. It cannot be created. Nor can it be destroyed. It can't be "used up" only transfered.
The same goes with persons and greatness. It seems that each of us only has so much greatness in our being. We can only attain so much. And that greatness cannot be taken from us, created, or destroyed. Take the volleyball player for instance. They make a great diving dig and up the ball to their setter. They quickly get up and move in for the kill. But they shank it into the net because by that time their body doesn't its normal rhythm. Conservation of greatness.
I also look at people like Thomas Jefferson to support the idea of the conservation. One of the most revolutionary ideas ever purposed. "All men are created equal." What? That's... that's... that's... brilliant. Nobody is "better" than me. We are- equal. Fundamentally at our core the same. Wow. Especially during an era of Kings, empires, sultans, and slaves. What a beautiful thought. How great to be "equal."
But that's where Jefferson's greatness might have begun to play out. The consummate irony of a great political thinker. Ideology is easier than practice. Jefferson owned slaves; something inherently unequal. And slept with them. There was only so much greatness he could posses.
Martin Luther- Great revolutionary. Followed in Jan Huss' footsteps and lead the greatest revolt ever. In his younger years he was pure and forging. Bold and beefy. But near his later years in life was very ant-semitic and became somewhat curt. Conservation of greatness.
In history we can see that nobody is great. Everybody has their flaws that constrict their greatness. Recently is was discovered in Mother Theresa's diary that her faith in God wavered. In the best movies the hero dies.
Nobody's perfect. Its a sad lesson. It hurts our view of "heros." It puts a scratched cover over our achievements. Its our humanness. Or maybe our ability to be super-human. Its a conservation of greatness.
Paul "Go Cocks" Murphy
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