You judge yourself by standards that no man could ever meet, Maestro. If humanity is flax, then no one asks you to be spun gold, only good flax. The changes to the world I suggest aren't necessarily large, sweeping acts.
I am not always... good, with metaphors, but Partner Elijah's seems to me to be a good one. You are one thread among billions, but that doesn't make you less. Your part is as important as any other's. A single thread can change the pattern, even in a small way. Those near you are influenced by you, and your influence is a good one. Why do you care how the world remembers you? History is only as truthful as the ones telling it, and humans often are not. It does not change who you are, or what you have accomplished.
You are not a cruel man, nor an ignorant man. Why do you think you are not kind? Why do you believe you are not good or wise because you know that real situations are more complicated than abstract morality? That was one of the most difficult things I ever had to learn. I still struggle with it, at times.
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I am not always... good, with metaphors, but Partner Elijah's seems to me to be a good one. You are one thread among billions, but that doesn't make you less. Your part is as important as any other's. A single thread can change the pattern, even in a small way. Those near you are influenced by you, and your influence is a good one. Why do you care how the world remembers you? History is only as truthful as the ones telling it, and humans often are not. It does not change who you are, or what you have accomplished.
You are not a cruel man, nor an ignorant man. Why do you think you are not kind? Why do you believe you are not good or wise because you know that real situations are more complicated than abstract morality? That was one of the most difficult things I ever had to learn. I still struggle with it, at times.
[He pauses, trying to work this out.]
Do you want to be spun gold?