Saturday, November 20, 2010

COUNTERPOINTS

The Exceptional and the Mundane

The dreamer and the realist

The non-conformist and the boyscout

The believer and the skeptic

The romantic and the pragmatic

The obedient and the truant

Each the antithesis of the other, not understanding but strangely drawn to each other.
seeking that which is beyond them, that which sparks their curiosity but their nature cannot allow,

The Mundane, such simplicity and satisfaction with life that mediocrity is acceptable,

The exceptional, such ambition and a thirst for excellence that nothing else is accepted or expected,

Maybe its the beauty in honesty that brings about such purity,
When pretences are put aside, and guards let down.

when people look beyond the obvious, the superficial, that which wasn't built to last
that counterpoints allow themselves to see each other and see themselves in each other,

Falling hopelessly and hopefully for one another, one riding riding on the dreams of the other, the other finding stability in the other's certainty.

The skeptic fascinated and at the same time awed by the believers blind faith in that which he cannot control,
the believer intrigued by the skeptics never ending questions and curiosity about that which he cannot understand,

The obedient secretly admiring the courage of the truant and openly despising his folly,

The non-conformist impressed by the discipline and obedience of the boyscout.

When we learn that we alone cannot suffice, we put away selfish pride, and learn to compromise.
the essence of life lying not in the success of the entity but rather the whole,
if only we could adopt humility, avoid the ambiguity of duplicity, encourage simplicity, and learn to live in perfect symmetry.

~ Kevin Koech

4 comments:

Mother Sharon Damnable said...

..I love you Ann......

J9 said...

I love this post. But can we also be exceptionally mundane? A non-conformist boy scout, wearing a sleeveless uniform? A Dreamer who creates realism from the dreams? Can we exists in a space that allows for the grey areas, and isn't all black and white?

Mother Sharon Damnable said...

to me this post spoke of the inclusiveness of us all, with all of our gifts, all of our outlooks as we each bring our gifts to the table.

J9 your comment reminded me of something my son said to me when he was very little, he asked

"Mummy, in the olden days, when you were little, was the world black and white?"

In the colour spectrum between black and white is not shades of grey but all the colours of the rainbow, shaded colourful and beautiful.......

kevin koech said...

thanx anne for posting my note and for the feedback@j9 yes we are all spectrums and have a myriad of faces,bt despite all that we are nt self sufficient we do need each other,we are meant to be social creatures not only because of common objectives bt also because of of our differences,we are like pieces of a puzzle.u can't see the bigger picture till we come together