Forethought
Dictionary.com defines forethought as: noun
1. thoughtful provision beforehand; provident care; prudence.
2. a thinking of something beforehand; previous consideration; anticipation.
In practical terms forethought means:
- Do not be surprised that people will dig into your past when you answer a controversial question with a controversial answer at a beauty pageant.
- Don't be shocked when the private school you attend suspends you for going to another school's prom, when the rules of your school were clearly explained to you from the beginning.
- Prepare yourself for the reality that a man with 8 children and an insane wife could be tempted to be unfaithful (no matter how cute the kids are or how famous the family is.) I hate that show by the way.
That is not to say that I'm never surprised. There are some situations that leave you scratching your head from time to time. But if it walks like a duck and it quacks, you can proably lead it to water and watch it swim.
Okay. Rant's over now. I feel better.
posted by Daffy76 @ 1:59 PM
3 Comments:
Jon and Kate plus Eight?
Never heard of it...
Xena loves to have a plan, plan the plan, announce the plan, and stick to the plan.
Any deviation from the plan will require extensive new planning. (Or will cause problematic behavior.)
I, however, have always felt that planning only provides a very loose framework within which you operate, while remaining free to react to changes, ideas, or even whims all along the way.
(The basic difference between boxes and bags, so to speak...)
Her rigid orderliness compliments my controlled chaos (and verse-vice-a), and so between the two of us, the platter gets clean... eventually.
I have an observation about the whole "Miss America - Gay Marriage" thing...
Since the dawn of Human Interaction, in every Civilization on the Earth, it has been understood that the concept of "Marriage" was the partnership between a breeding pair of Human Beings for the primary purpose of producing and nurturing offspring. (An activity which, because of Nature is impossible for same-sex pairings to accomplish.)
There are two basic reasons that the definition of Marriage is being debated today:
1) Money is involved... (Social Security Spousal Benifits, Life Insurance, Marital Assets, etc...)
And
2) The Father of Confusion has sent his army out into the World to confound reason and sew the seeds of the unraveling of Civilization, and they are waging a campaign to normalize every abnormal and aberrant thing, and this issue is the next one on their checklist.
I personally think Gay Marriage is a good idea... Why shouldn't they have to divide their stuff, pay Lawyers, and Alimony if they decide to break up with their boyfriend?
And think of the money that will be circulated throughout the Economy when Gay guys start planning big, flamboyant, over the top Gay weddings... It'll be fabulous!
I think it's okay to be plan-less, as long as consequences relating to the absence of a plan don't send you spiraling off to a gigantic pity party that you invite the media to join you in.
My main point is that the choices we make have consequences. Even whim activities are given a bit of forethought--not planning, necessarily--but some consideration of the outcome.
That being said, none of these people I have mentioned can say they didn't see it coming.
As far as the gay marriage issue: Marriage is more than just a union of two reproductive entities. As I see it, it is a contract between three entities--God, Husband & Wife. Any other combination does not result in marriage.
But let them have it. They're just hijacking a word. That's all. If marriage is what they want to call it, maybe we should come up with another name for the concept I described.
In fact, marriage as a legal contract has become such a common thing, perhaps we should call real marriages something different anyway.
BTW, if you've never heard of it, how did you know what I was talking about?
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