Harry Frankfurt (see reading list) wrote an essay "the importance of what we care about". I often think: What do I really care about? We all have a messages inside that want to come out and perhaps define what we really care about. This in turn somehow defines us; makes us who we are. Such thoughts come freely when seeing a photograph like this one (on a greeting card) :
the man obviously knows what is important
What a particular person cares about is at times not so easy to detect. The tell tale signs given or messages sent often resemble rather subtle hints and much energy is spent to obfuscate. Unlike what happens among fireflies I encountered last night. A lot of sophisticated development went into the creation of a metabolic pathway that can produce light and the message from inside is simple and clear: "I am over here!". Hoping that someone cares.
Our messages come from deep inside; they want out; yet often we try to take control, add filters or translations in order to influence the receiver / reader. I wonder why ?
the man obviously knows what is importantWhat a particular person cares about is at times not so easy to detect. The tell tale signs given or messages sent often resemble rather subtle hints and much energy is spent to obfuscate. Unlike what happens among fireflies I encountered last night. A lot of sophisticated development went into the creation of a metabolic pathway that can produce light and the message from inside is simple and clear: "I am over here!". Hoping that someone cares.
Our messages come from deep inside; they want out; yet often we try to take control, add filters or translations in order to influence the receiver / reader. I wonder why ?
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