wanna be greatness

i thought about putting it in the bored and the caring or who cares but those are too serious for it... then i thought about putting it in random pop news, but that is mostly video... and then i thought about putting it in for no apparent reason but i have more respect for that blog than to put it there... then i thought about putting it where it belongs, in the daily poop, but that too is not a place for such babbling as this... and it's not really a meaningless complaint cuz as meaningless as it may be, it's not really a complaint, at least not this time... it could be in nobody likes just the tip, but it's not irreverent enough... so it ended up in background tv, and here it is:

lol... a big win for the cavs a big win for the internet, so says espn... ultimately, it's a big win for cleveland, akron, ohio, and the midwest... when you consider the bigger picture, it's a pathetic drama that only a small fraction of the human race takes seriously, at least for the moment... he's grown, for sure... he's got great advisers and writers now, that's for sure... is he as really as big and important and and the man his ego wants him to be?... maybe... that depends on his ego... a few years ago his ego wanted him to be god, a mocking god at that... he settled for king, which is way short of true greatness because greatness does not ned to be crowned, it just is... will he rise to the level of greatness in his life, that will depend on whether he can let go of his ego-battle with michael and rise above the egocentric immaturity that has him whining and bitching to referees while playing a game and stepping into the world spotlight as a leader on issues that matter... mohammed ali, there is an athlete using his sports spotlight for greatness... martin luther king, there is greatness... ghandhi... and a million people nobody's ever heard of... it takes laying your freedom on the line, your life on the line, not just risking losing a game or winning a game to be great in this world... championships are great, but greatness?... greatness is a whole lot more...

so is the sacrifice of returning to his home town a step toward greatness, perhaps, if he becomes a leader in his home town, changing lives with humility and generosity and a passion for doing good for people, not for the spotlight... so far, he's 98% hype and 2% greatness... we shall see what he does away from the game over the next few years and beyond...

and yet, as tired as i am of the hype, i still write this because he still has the potential to turn his life around and realize that greatness is not whining or grandstanding or pouting or arrogantly mocking others, greatness is leading by giving...

i still switched channels because i'd rather watch anything other than the hype... family guy, even...

narf :)

there now, wasn't that worth the waddle through the introduction?... sarcastically speaking, i mean... hey, i could have linked every one of those blogs referred to in italics in the introduction (yes, there is a blog for every one of those titles, in fact, sometimes two or more), after all... or even before it all...

greatness, yes, background tv, that is what it's this is all about... driven to distraction and the vehicle is the tv, the tv on in the background, the background tv...

so what are you watching?...

narf :)