One of the things I nostalgically miss from my days spent growing up two hours North of Pittsburgh in a quaint town called Clarion, is the essence of Pennsylvania for me. Give me a Keg, Bon-Fire, and enough toilet paper to clean up a fiber-less diet ... Sardi becomes a happy man.
But even on those nights, especially those nights, when I wasn't drinking ... I was thinking. And I used to love staring into the coals of fire when doing so. I suppose I miss that.
When everyone else was laying still, asleep, intertwined with dreams and rarely distracted with the inevitable screams ... I fancied my intellect and heart to wonder what could be done to make the world a better little place while I was wearing a watch in it.
Certain philosophies of being, made and make sense:
- Be cordial and open doors for everyone, especially women and certain entitities from New Jersey
- While speaking your mind, make sure you use the ears you have accordingly
- No matter your vices, strengthen your soul every opportunity you can. Whether it be pumping iron, sharing script, or arguing about parking spaces with that rude neighbor ... few of us actually know where we are parked when we are dead and gone.
- Laugh at yourself. Take yourself seriously, but not too much. The last thing you want is a picture of you taking a dump on a pious website supporting your unsubstantiated claims at being a bit better than the pauper beside you. Or, for Social Networking Purposes, that may be the first thing you want. Strike this one!
- Take personal responisibility for everything you do and say ... even when and especially when it isn't popular or you made a mistake.
And that Camp Fire said unto me, "Sardi, Do you know the truth of this life?"
I answered, "No, I suppose I don't. But I would like to find out."
Camp Fire responded, "You will when that time comes."
Later that evening, I found that the Camp Fire was on its last coals, spitting out heat as the flames dissipated into a realm I wasn't remotely familiar with. When I sighed in disappointment, I smiled in enlightenment. The time had come ... it's easier to learn of death than to live the righteous life. Life is much easier to explain than what happens after you die.
Hence, why I want to interview that Camp Fire all over again.
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