Friday, March 16, 2007

Priority

There is a boy.

Now, he had made some mistakes in his day, but his heart was in the right place. Sometimes the wrong thing would happen, but at the core, he was a good person. After he passed through the most difficult times, he began to learn. Wanted to learn. Tried to learn. He picked up more information in a few months than school had ever taught him. Though the lack of credibility in his sources was often replaced with the sheer number of them, he fervently held on to his beliefs. Nothing could shake his resolve, and the passion with which he spoke was unrivaled. Once he began, little could stop his forceful monologues. He was constantly searching for more information, as if struggling to prove to the world that he was not wrong. Little by little, however, the harmless data gave way to corruption and conspiracy. He then spent his time persuading others that his findings were true, that the world had sinister happenings occurring under the surface. He believed more and more in what he perceived to be the truth. Nothing could dissuade him from what he followed. He could talk for hours about the evils of our country and the ulterior motives of each and every action. Reprimanding the layman for being so ignorant of "reality".

The reality that he has done nothing to salvage.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This story makes me sad... there is so much more to life than knowledge. That's one of the points I disagree with when Socrates says "the only good is knowledge, the only evil ignorance."

Ignorance isn't evil, it's simply a state of being.

And I think you conveyed that well.

In addition, if I am The Captain, who are you?

Anonymous said...

I like the sad tone of the story, it wasn't "whiney", but it was.. meaningful. It's a beautiful and well-written story. So simple and clean.

Bobby said...

i liked it