Thoughts on the Day (3/15)

I did the "Thoughts on the Day" thing a couple of years ago, but it fell by the wayside. I regret that, because I like the idea. So, I'm starting it again. On the Ides of March, nonetheless.

Today is:

Absolutely Incredible Kid Day A day for Myr! Yay!
Brutus Day (Heh. I wonder what Popeye would think of that?)
Buzzard’s Day We call my aunt's farm "The Buzzard Ranch"!
Companies That Care Day
Everything You Think is Wrong Day
Ides of March
True Confessions Day


I always thought it would be cool to be born on the Ides of March. As it was, I was born 10 days too soon. As for "True Confessions Day", I'm not one for the whole true confessions thing. I do wonder if there's a false confessions day, you know, just to even things out.

Actually, I like the idea of a "Everything You Think is Wrong Day". Not because I want everything I think to be wrong, but rather because it's a wonderful starting point of 'what ifs' and philosophizing. Anyone can run an argument from the standpoint of defending what you think is right, but to really understand a topic you have to be able to work at an argument from the other side.

This is probably a throwback to my days as a debater, when i was on the "negative" side. I had to be persuasively argumentative against ideas and concepts that I was in complete agreement with. I was good at it, too. But even if I won (and I did, quite a bit) it didn't mean I agreed with my arguments, it merely meant I was better at presenting the "negative" than the others were at presenting the "positive". Actually, being fully aware of all the of arguments against something, just allowed me to be better at defending my belief in that thing.

It could also be my love of the perverse. Even now, I've been known to argue a side I don't agree with just to have a good discussion on something. Mind, I try not to be so convincing that the person I'm talking to agrees with a point I don't really believe in or, worse yet, make them angry at me.

. . .

I have to admit that my thoughts, what with not having any real employment in over two years and with other things going on, have drifted to the darker. More often than I like, I tend to think that what I believe may not be true. Real, important things. Things that usually give me the optimistic attitude and ability to ignore the small annoyances that can drag you down.

Having a day where I am allowed to think that everything I think is wrong -- not because it is wrong but simply because it's the thought of day, -- may be less depressing.

*reads post* I think that logic is seriously convoluted, however, since today everything I think is wrong, it must not be. *grin*

Well, this could be fun.