Assumptions and Reality

Thanks, Richard

Richard sent me a short clip. It is more than enjoyable. There are times when the human spirit reveals itself to the harshest among us. Click HERE

Susan Boyle appeared before those who prejudged, assumed, and knew she was an inferior.

Ayn Rand could not have created a better, as well as more enjoyable, depiction of the great individual standing against the tide of  "second-handers," as Rand put it,  those who live off others, those who gel into the condescending mob of venial ability and dull comprehension; it is always a mistake to judge others by one's own failing. 

It is always a mistake to judge others, as it is the judge who becomes revealed. 

There is the old advice: hate the sin, but never the sinner. Though we may detest actions, trappings, and words, we have no right to judge another's worth. Though we love to pretend, we are not gods and not the judges of all. This call to judgment is our millstone.

To differ with Susan's song, some dreams can withstand the ravages of time and circumstance, if they are held close to the heart. They only die when let go. So, we must each stand firm and not let the dreams fall, for it is our failing they die.  Dreams are nothing but the hopes of our spirits. If a dream dies, it is merely the final throes of the defeated spirit.