Useless fact of the day:

You can't trademark surnames.

Ok, so what's today Blab about? I have no idea, I really don't have any plans for this one, but I have been seriously pondering about a lot of things lately. Especially the nature of the Blabbing, or rather, my nature, thinking of the things to be Blabbing about.

Freedom of speech gives me the right to do what I'm doing right now, Blabbing on about nothing and everything, preaching and judging. And lately, I have been Blabbing about ideals, meaning(s) of life and so on, and I started thinking: Who am I to be yacking on about this ?

In my Blab about Ideals, I was thinking about how the perfect world/society could be. And thus, I consequently thought about perfection. Personal perfection. What is, what determines the measure of a man ? (hu-man) :) While that is an interesting question withing itsself, it can lead to many other questions, among other: Do we need to measure a man ?

Since that is one of the things that I've basically been trying to do while Blabbing, and just thinking about life general, well, then my answer would be: yes.

The measures of a man are actually a few. It all depends one who is measuring him in my opinion. And from the large perspective (society for instance) to the smaller scale (the circle of friends perhaps), it will always vary. But then there isn't any universal man-measuring standard?
      Well, it might be a bit bold to say so, but I for one wouldn't mind if there was some sort of standard measuring. Not that I think that I would do well in such a measuring, but the thing is, that the laws and regulations that we and society go by these days can only do so much. For instance, there isn't any law against selfishness, or any rule that says it's bad or antyhing (now this all sounds a bit weird, but I'm Blabbing, so bear with me...). But I do believe that we could all agree that selfishness is a bad thing, right ?

Moral limits does hardly determine the measure of a man. But it determines that we're different. But what with someone with all too different morals than me? Well, one can only decide whether or not one wants to deal with that person again, not to pass judgement. But one is bound to bump into that particular person, or similar people time and time again. So then what ? Well, such is life...

But in essence, we're all truly alike, and worth exactly the same. We all have the potential.

So I think that one conclusion I have reached, for myself, is that: The measure of a man is in the eye of the beholder. And if others don't think/feel the same as me ? Well, in my eyes, that's their loss, but that doesn't mean that it's a loss to them. I think all should just realize that. But that's just my thinking, and I still think that you all should do your own realizations, but again, that's just my thinking. :)

I will go on Blabbing, mind you, I'm doing this mostly for my own sakes, getting some sort of morbid pleasure out of preaching about my own self-righteuousness. I do ofcourse honestly think/hope that somewhere, I'm pleasing others by doing this, but that selfless feeling comes right back as selfishness to make me happy for making others happy.

To come to another conclusion in the measuring thing:
Respect for one another basically comes down as one of the most important things there is.

Like I said in the meaning of life Blab, people should respect other people and give them time and space to figure out their purpose in life. But one could then ask: What when others don't let you have your time and space to figure out your purpose? There would be many opinions in this matter, I'm sure, but I would have to think about Ghandi again, and try opting for the most neutral and pascifistic method, not revenge or hostility, but turning the other cheek, and absorbing the offenses. I know it might sound very unrealistic, moral preachy, purist and high-flying, but I've come to see after thinking long and hard about it, that there is some real substance behind the pascifist philosophy. It's actually amazing how so many of the really old and basic morals and philosophies can hold their ground still this very day, in all their simplicity and crude nature.

Hmm, well, enough for now I think, my head is spinning now.

And once again, it took more time than I had wanted in between my Blabs again. But once again, I'm hoping this to be an exception rather than a rule. I will actually be writing most of my Blabs in the tranquility of my own home now, rather than the cyber-café that I work at. Mmm, now I can sit in peace in my room and listen to some nice music, preferably Enya or Metallica, while I happily Blab along, actually thinking that I'm doing the world some good. :)

Blabbing done for today.

Note: This was a Blab which I finished a while back, meaning, the time in between was huuuuuuge. Well, for the last 2 months, and the following 5, the Blabs will be extremely rare, I'm... doing... stuff... hehe. Hopefully I will get a Blab done now and then for the next 5 months.