Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Lesson One

Trials and tribulations are really underrated. We're in misery as we go through them, but the things we learn about ourselves and others are invaluable. That shit becomes ingrained in your DNA and you pass it down to your children and they to theirs.

It is only through our trials and tribulations that we come to understand what it really means to suffer, and what is tolerable; what is reasonable or unreasonable; what is sustainable and non-sustainable; what's good and what's REALLY GOOD. What are you really willing to do to keep your misery to a minimum? What are you really ready to give up for the good of the collective? If you've never had to give up shit, or have barely seen what misery looks like, you'll be willing to stand your ground on the most minuscule compromise. You'll hold on to a "principle" that's really just a manifestation of stubbornness. If you really haven't gone through shit, it'll look reasonable to you.

Some fears are healthy and others irrational, but we pass them all down through our teachings and through our actions. We are always being watched by the ones we love. Everytime we think something is enough, we'll learn the world doesn't work that way. You always have to fuel the machine, to feed the beast.

Some muthafuckas are determined never to learn Lesson One.

Peace,
KZ

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Tell you what I told my readers just yesterdday...

"Experience takes no prisoners when it gives you a lesson, and it may cost you some pride to get it. It requires experience to understand wisdom. Smart gets you through school. Ahhhh but wisdom, well wisdom gets you through life."

The Second Sixty-Eight said...

Man, that is SO true!

I look at my 18 and 21 year old nephews and remember back when. I feel like way more than 20 years of experiences have happened to me, yet I still feel like a kid at times. I am trying to get them to understand the world. But they make me feel like an old wise man when I talk to them. Hope they get over the hump...

A.u.n.t. Jackie said...

Preach!

That is something I would like at least 12 of my cousins to read and might need to read again myself with my hard headed ass.

Tell TAD I'm her number one fan and can't love the colors...See you in fall!

So...Wise...Sista said...

A noticeable about face from the last post... whatever the eff that's supposed to mean. OMG I'm so profound.

Mr.Slish said...

Wow...I've never learned this lesson because I refused to study. Man do I use my principles as a way to avoid doing the right thing...

I gotta go!Need to call my girlfriend and tell her I'm sorry...lol

Knockout Zed said...

This is all very simple really: what you won't do will change given enough REAL pressure. Talking shit about what I won't do doesn't make it so, because you never know what you'd do if the pressure becomes great enough.

KZ

onefromphilly said...

Wise words!
and
Never say never.

A.u.n.t. Jackie said...

okay so who is doing what with whom>

Serious Black said...

True words. Trails and tribulations help us to shed the impurities in our souls. The see value is the little things and to appreciate life. I say this as I am being tested to the nth degree. Keep your heads up folks, learn your lessons, and life life to it's fullest!

Serious Black said...

I meant trials not trails, opps.