In a series of rambling crap I’ve been churning out lately, I present to you… Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
I’m not the most elaborate or eloquent writers in the world, but I express myself in the most concise way through a wall of text. No one has to read it. Heck, pretend you never even saw my avatar as you scroll down through endless oblivion you call the Dashboard. It really doesn’t matter to me. If you’re not my audience, don’t be my audience. I’m not looking for an audience; rather, I am looking for personal peace with myself.
Here’s to another wall of text! *Sips Starbucks*
We’ve mostly heard of the adage phrase, “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.” While your English teacher may create a detailed interpretation of what this means, I will provide my perspective. I normally read this statement and realize that its meaning relates to, “how much I’ve had of your deception, and I won’t fall prey to it once more.”
That’s how I normally view and understand it. But words are art, we aren’t confined to one specific view or understanding. I’ll restate what I said in my previous rambling: We’re rational beings. Let us make our own decisions and our own realizations. Let us confide in things we truly find happiness in. Let us forget the social barriers we set up and become who we want to be. For the past month, my computer has been cycling through different images every thirty minutes for my desktop wallpaper; and at the most prime moment, I always get the Be Original wallpaper to appear.
There are so many quotes that I’ve willingly embraced over my life. The top ones that have stuck in my mind have always been an iteration of Carpe Diem.
Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish. Seize the day. Don’t regret what you’ve done, but regret what you could have done. Be original. Be yourself. All of these permutations of Carpe Diem must have some significance, right? If they appear so often, then maybe it’s time to seriously realize it’s something we all want.
This Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. conundrum has also forced me to just sit down and think. If we literally take this phrase apart, we see that we don’t want to make foolish mistakes. Yet, why do we continue to embrace foolishness? Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
Idiocracy in the mind and spirit… we want to be ourselves. Yes, shame on us for following that path, but who cares? We find joy, absolute bliss. I mean, isn’t that what we all set as a goal for ourselves? Happiness?
We live through so much sorrow and crap that we fail to realize that we do get stronger. But yeah, we’re idiots. I know. We love drama, but we also hate it. Whatever happened to following our heart? We constrict ourselves to a meaningless arbitrary system of society that means absolute bonkers.
On the inside, we’re all little Disney princesses wanting everything. We want attention, we want that perfect man/woman in our life, and we want respect. What is the deal with shyness and timidness? Yeah, you’re crazy. We know that. Just express yourself. Let’s forget this idea that we must hide everything.
Actually, forget everything: your past, your present, your future. What matters is irrelevant. Now piss off. Stay Hungry, Stay Forever Foolish, and Seize every day.
