May 16, 2009
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The super power of invisibility
Sometimes it is nice to have someone who will just listen to what you have been thinking. They might not even say anything in response; but even if it only means your life is not just stuck in your head, such a person is a wonderful thing.
Yet it is also the duty of the individual to disappear.
We ought to try to maximize the good in the world while also making sure that no one knows that we are the one who is responsible. Living a life of secret charity is the only way we will know we actually believe in what is good.
But to disappear is a hard thing to do; don’t we all want to hear the applause?
That we are in the world to give up our lives for others is something I will profess to believe many more times than I will actually believe it; for belief is what you do.
The worst case scenario is that we miss what life is all about.
Comments (2)
In other words, we all need someone who won’t judge us?
Martha
@liferemainsbeautiful -
Oh yah, I guess I assumed that in there. It is a very important thing, to not become a buried person. At least I very much see the value in a friendship where someone really knows you – and listens without judging, as you say.