Equality?

[Thorne]

Thorne, my friend, of course I will pardon the expression. After all, you saying my thoughts and opinions are horseshit is simply reaffirming what I've known for such a long time… that I have a fertile mind.

LOL! Yes, you do indeed. And it's not your mind that I'm denigrating, just the fungal ideas which are grown in it.

So what I get from your post is that you agree we are all part of a whole, yet you see / feel no connection between us. An interesting viewpoint.

Of course we are parts of a whole, each of us a part of the universe, just as a grain of sand is a part of the beach. That doesn't mean there is any kind of connection, though. Some grains are washed out to sea, some are washed in from the sea, some are blown away on the wind, yet the beach remains. And the grains of sand, even when touching one another, are still discrete entities, not connected at all.

Yet instead what I witness most prevalently is the ridiculous concept of self importance. As if, somehow, being luckier than someone else equates to being "better" or more deserving.

Maybe it does equate as such. I've known people who just seem to have all the bad luck, falling into every sad situation that comes along, always getting the short end of the stick. I've known others who could fall into a puddle and come up with a $100 bill clutched in their hands. It has nothing to do with personalities, as far as I can tell. Maybe it's a kind of evolution, winnowing out the unlucky ones in favor of the lucky.

But while I view myself as somewhat lucky, even though I can't win at any kind of gambling, I certainly don't perceive myself as better because of it. However, I have taken charge of my life, dealt with the good and the bad, and helped myself. This can also affect one's luck. And that is what makes me feel somewhat more deserving than someone who just sits back and bemoans his bad luck, blaming everyone and everything but himself for his problems.