I smite thee! ...The Diary of Nod

Strong words for weak people.

Can and Need are two very strong words that are overused, misused and abused. Too often these words are substituded for want simply because we would prefer to not appear like a self-serving chimp. Unfortunately, usually we are self-serving chimps. Here, I am using "we" in the "you" sense.

What you can and cannot do are issues of possibility, not probability. Simply because you do not want to doesn't not mean it is impossible for you: you can do it if you want to. In the same vein, just because you want doesn't mean you need, though it sounds so much better if we phrase it in the sense of a life and death struggle against the evils of society rather than our whorish desire for the newest trinket. Here, I am using "our" in the "your" sense.

When you can divine your ability--what you can and cannot do--and allow yourself to be guided by true necessity, you will be unstoppable.

posted by Lachlan @ 3:25 PM