21st Century

November 2006

The human mind is a very powerful thing. What people WANT to believe, eventually becomes THE TRUTH. Everything else is a lie. It's like religion. And immigration. And science-fiction, for that matter.
The human mind creates a reality of its own, and any evidence, no matter how obvious, is rejected solely on the basis of "I don't WANT to believe it." We want to believe things are going well. We commit suicide because we want to believe there's no way out. We go to the shrink because we want to believe it'll help. We want so many things in our minds ...
Anny was one of the few rays of sunshine in my Canadian years: bright, happy, crazy, educated, polite, traveled around the world, with a big heart and a big smile, a shoulder to cry on, a friend. She understands me so well. It's going to be her 34th birthday, and my gift for her will be all these nice words that I can say about her.
It's all vanity, like Anny said. And Ben Bova in "Jupiter". "It's the age-old war, the never-ending struggle between good and evil. A new battlefield in that eternal war. As long as we're human, the war goes on. Power requires responsibility. Extreme power requires extreme care."

posted by Bambi @ 7:33 PM