Do the Obvious: A Call for Action

Posted on March 13, 2007 — A. Couts
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After a brief but insightful conversation with my philosophically-concerned cohorts, my older and wiser sister and brother-in-law, last night, we made a pact: No longer will we sit, our ever-growing asses, glued to our all-too-comfortable furniture, as the world unravels before us. Never again will we allow the American electoral process on which our democracy depends fall victim to illegitimate, power-hungry mongrels, or watch an American city drown from the comfort of our living rooms. As soon as news of impending doom rears its ugly head through the shrunken pixles of our high-definition televisions, we must remove our complacent bodies from the cozy imprints in our couch cushions, and simply Do the Obvious. It’s that easy.

“What do I mean by ‘Do the Obvious,” you might ask. The best example that comes to memory would be that of actor Sean Penn. Think about this: Sean Penn, serenely sitting in his Los Angeles home, sees the same massive red, orange and white spiral we all witnessed bearing down on the Gulf Coast, thinks “Holy shit!,” gets up, buys a fucking boat and drives 1,900 miles to New Orleans and starts saving people. That’s what I mean by Do the Obvious. He didn’t organize a rally (that would be disregarded by our relativists at Fox News, and most likely by the White House). He didn’t sign a petition, or get on a fucking blog and write about how pissed off he was. He simply got up, used the resources available to him, and changed a dire situation for the better, to the maximum of his personal capacity. That’s it.

Action needs no complication. And high-mindedness pales in comparison to simple deeds.
Protests, letters to the editor, even the ranting done on the pages of this Site are not nearly enough to break through the affliction of a docile demeanor we’ve all aquired. Instead of becoming emboldened in the pursuit for personal, and thus national, greatness, we’ve fallen to the paralyzing effects of fear, propagated by the effects of a decaded of progress and prosperity, followed by a vacuum of leadership during the most crucial of hours, days, months, and years.

No matter how engrossed we become in our digitized distractions and passively righteous indignation, nothing will make more of a difference than simple actions.
When you think back to what you’ve done with your life, be able to truthfully say, “I did something.” It doesn’t have to be “I did something great.” Simply that you took action when action was needed, an action for which you hold respect. So, when the time comes, remove your gigantic rear from your appropriately named La-Z-Boy, do whatever is most obvious, and the better off we all shall be.






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