Wednesday, July 8, 2009

With Original Thought

Today I was thinking about the word unprecedented. Here is the definition.
Basically, it means having no previous example. Each person you have met throughout your entire life has been unprecedented. You are unprecedented. There has been no previous you. Ever.

I will take this a step further. Every thought you think is unprecedented. You may protest and say "I know I thought I was hungry before." You may have bought into the theory that there are no originals anymore- original ideas, inventions, works of art or indeed thought- that everything is derivative.

I don't believe this. So you did say you were hungry yesterday. You said it in yesterday's circumstances with yesterday's hunger.
Every day you live is unprecedented. A brand new slate given to you. My Grandmother used to say that the trouble with life is it is daily. I prefer to think that the beauty and wonder of life is that it is daily.

So tomorrow with a brand new slate, with original thought, I challenge you to begin to construct the life you wish to live.
Sunrise over the south beach of Jamaica.

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