Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
I haven't taken enough French, nor enough care, to understand those three words (one repeated). But I suddenly felt this urge to find out about five minutes ago, and basically it means that "whatever will be, will be." Quaint, innit? Well, despite my adhering anti-faith that is Agnosticism and total lack of faith in any sort of object of the imagination, "que sera, sera" is a bit too fatalistic for me to subject my mind to. It's also a little too passive and unobtrusive, and since I'm the kind of person that would prefer confrontation to cowardice, the path of an unobtrusive life does not/cannot exist.
And yet. (Ah, there's always a "but".)
I find it slightly endearing, a kind of solace - albeit a lame, temporary solace for the apathetic thinker. Or non-thinker, however you wish to see it. Like comfort food for the brain with its don't-bother-and-leave-it-to-someone-else attitude, and junk food for the body. 'Course I do hope that no one follows a phrase such as this religiously as you would, uh, a religion, but people use this. Now, only an idiot would find this to be an acceptable response to anything, and idiots I am well acquainted with. It's hard to handle, really, that James could manage such a wisdom in reciting these words . . . And it always sounded beautiful coming from him.
His entire character told you what to expect of him: insight, allure, taunting, romantic analysis, agility, and secrets. "Que sera, sera" fit him perfectly, and he could provide its point of being perfectly. But I see more and more that you can't settle for average of yourself; you can't allow yourself to think others' juvenile decisions are your fault. What you can sing sera to is the fact that the world doesn't revolve around you, and sometimes . . . You really just have to allow things to settle where they lie, and not move a finger in aid. Every person is their own entity, and they only wake up once they see things for themselves.
Interesting blog.
Who is "James"?
Ah, he is an ex of mine.
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"People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. " -Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
I TOOK FRENCH FOR 3 YRS. IN HIGH SCHOOL AND FAILED IT EVERY YEAR. ***. IT MAKES NO SENSE ***. OF COURSE THIS IS JUST MY OPTION. THINK ABOUT IT.
SOLAWOP
[*** Edited by Nick 11:16 03/01/08]
Your replies all look the same! Is your CapsLock stuck? :)
Maybe it's you, and not the language.
[I'm taking out this part because it might be misconstrued as "too mean" and I might only be saying it because my ridiculously obnoxious neighbors won't shut up and I have homework to do]
And I think that it's unfair for you to say "their women are gross." It is a biased, stereotypical, annoying generalization. That would be like saying all white people are trailer trash or all Asians are short. They're stupid, untrue stereotypes.
I also think it's extremely annoying that you can't seem to stop writing in all CAPS EVEN THOUGH I'VE COMMENTED ON COUNTLESS POSTS OF YOURS BECAUSE THEIR WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS WITH NO PUNCTUATION AND ASKED YOU TO STOP BUT YOU STILL DON'T.
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You are the Voice of the Childwen of the Revowution! [Toulouse, Moulin Rouge]