Like most people, I get on kicks and as of late its playfully threatening to shank my co-workers. I was asked by a close coworker why I have such a violent sense of humor and the first thing that shot to my mind is, “Violence is the way to live life.”
Not literally of course; but, I feel there are two ways to live life: violent or secure (with most people living somewhere in the gray between).
The violent ones are the ones that are incredibly passionate and narrowly focused on what it is in life that they love and seek. They will take ballsy risks in persuit of what they love and are willing to give up some everyday luxuries to get it. These people either burn out fast or rise to the occasion and achieve what it is they are pursuing.
The secure ones are those that put a greater emphasis on family, security and an everyday life well lived. They also may have a passion they are going after; but, choose to do it in a far more calculated and methodical way. Although they may not create the sweeping change the violent ones create they also don’t run the same risk of burning themselves out before they achieve their goals.
It’s not that one or the other is good or bad it simply is a choice and my choice is to live violently. The film Revolutionary Road does an amazing depiction of the struggle between these two extremes in a married couple.
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