Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Anti-Reality Is Everywhere

There are dreamers who are making dreams come true


Taking time to teach the children there’s nothing they can’t do.


Giving shelter to the homeless giving hope to those without.


Isn’t that what this land’s all about.

Randy Travis Point Of Light lyrics


Humm.... I wonder what Ayn Rand would say about this. Maybe she would write up a book and title it "Atlas Shrugged". But wait ....... She already has done exactly that.

Not to put to fine a point on things, Randy, is it exactly teach[ing] the children there’s nothing they can’t do, that is ruining not only the children of the nation, but is ruining the nation itself.

Want to know why the American youth think themselves entitled? How can they NOT think this, when they have been infected with such anti-reality treacle such as this.

When I was young I was never exposed to his kind of pap, and therefore I know that there are a host of things that I can never do. For example, play ball like Michael Jordan. Indeed, Mr Jordan  - as a kindness to me - told me so himself when he told me my ass was too fat and legs to short and my character defective in atheletic drive.

So then, what the children really need to be taught is that "NO, you cannot be all you can be",  and that contrary to the high sounding bromides of the minstrel, there ARE things that they cannot do.

"Life is Tough -Get A Helmet" is what they need to be told. They should also be told that not everybody has the same capabilities, skills, or aptitudes, or luck, and THAT is the reality of things.

As for the last line about "Giving shelter to the homeless giving hope to those without", I demur for now, but those that have followed the line of thought in these many articles may already know what anti-societal impact that giving based on need can lead to, and indeed in their minds thay may hear the faint echoes of another anti-reality author when he said;
From each according to his ability, to each according to his need

God help us. And those that know and understand what God really may be, know that God will indeed help us.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Allow me to put another spin on this:

There are dreamers who are making dreams come true


Taking time to teach the children there’s nothing they can’t do.



As I listen to this song, I hear the word "children"... not child. One day all that we are and have will be taken over by these "children." I do not interpret this phrasing to mean that these "dreamers" would teach any
ONE child that he can become a pro basketball player, scientist, artist, inventor or president. Insofar as all these occupations will one day be inherited by "the children" of today, I interpret the phrasing "teach the children there's nothing they can't do" as a phrase of inspiration. All that we now have will one day be theirs so why not let them know the world makes room for new stars; that the preparation for this take over can begin today. If they have the goods, there is no reason they can't rise as others have risen before them. "The Dreamers" clue them in on the idea that the stars of today were once children too and that the position of these stars is not fixed for all eternity. Perhaps these dreamers make dreams more recognizable, affordable and approachable. Bear in mind that the child of today will become SOMETHING. Why not let him know of all the wonderful spots that are opening up as time marches on! In no way is this information to be construed as a promise that one will become that to which he aspires...but it does let him know there WILL be a vacancy!

Do you have any thoughts on the first part of this song?