Annie’s World
September 26th, 2005 -- Posted in deep | No Comments »My baby sister, the other one, youngest among us 4 sibblings, is growing up. Not only is she growing biologically, she’s also developing a character. Not that she didn’t have one. EVERYBODY has one at a time or another. She is transitioning from being the lil baby we first knew her as into someone who thinks deeply.
A few years ago, when I first introduced “Sophie’s World” to her as part of her recreational adolescent reading, she seemed too innocent to understand the depth of context for philosophical thoughts. However, over these couple of years, I’ve noticed the changed in her. Instead of asking all the “why’s”, she was starting to use her other senses to observe and learn by herself. Then she also moved from age of shy silence into a more open member of the family who can look at you and show that she understands what adult language you’re speaking. No, she’s not exactly an adult yet, but she has gotten a liking for dwelling into deeper thoughts that is easily shown through her eyes.
Now, the next chapter she should be writing in her book now is learning that when a life is created by copulation, the transition in a life is taught to the individual before that individual make what his/her own life would be. Annie is coming close to the middle of that educational part, while at the same time she is exploring her inner self, through literature, music and art. This is good. She has explored the beauty of poetry. She has aspired to produce works of art. All these with the collation of personality and feelings.
There is a danger, though. Individuals who think too much or expressed too deeply from their emotions can get entangled in their own web of mixed sentiments. Kurt Cobain did not kill himself for his stomach pain. His understanding of the angst of life simply caused him the abdominal pain and subsequently the mental torment. Vincent Van Gogh cut his ear off not for the pain, but for the sweet reminder that he is still sane and feeling. Exploration of depth into the human mind can be a dangerous path to take. Knowledge can be an asset for the mind, but knowledge without adequate wisdom can be dire to one’s sanity.
Learn well, my dear sister. You have a potential path towards finding your own wisdom. Learn your fundamental knowledge well and more importantly learn how to use it. There is more than what’s in the skull one has to develop. The heart will need a balance to see the knowledge that the world has to offer.
