What if you're not that smart?

[sspadowsky]

I swallow my pride here. Not in the sense of certain people whose initials start with VinceZeb, because folk like that don't understand the concept of swallowing pride. But there are a number of individuals here whose intellects consistently amaze me, such as Spinster (aka theapportioner), sethomas, and others who have the patience to ponder the existential, the incomprehensible, and the metaphysical.

I don't have that kind of patience. Some things I am just willing to let go of, like "Where do we come from," "Why are we here," "Is there a God," and so forth. I do think about these things, and they trouble me quite a bit sometimes, but, ultimately, I let go, because these are issues that mankind has pondered as long as history has been recorded, and, try as I might, it all starts to sound like Charlie Brown's parents after a while.

Doing what you can is a fine pursuit, but, in the long run, how worried are you about certain things that are simply beyond your control and comprehension? People can talk about objectivism, and many other terms that I can't think of at the moment, but to me, it all amounts to a bunch of people jerking each other off. Why not do what you can do to affect positive change, live a fulfilling life, and let the rest go according to fate, or whatever you want to call it?

I don't know if this makes any sense at all, and it probably amounts to little more than additional intellectual masturbation, but I'd like to hear what most of you think. What if some of these topics are merely silliness? At what point are you willing to say, "I give, let's just see what unfolds?"

Goddammit, this isn't coming across at all as I intended, but as Pink said, "Let's get this party started."