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March 28, 2004
Character
Phil: You asked about character and the question is deeper. You asked me if you had any character and the answer is you do not for the simple reason that you do not regret anything.
Bob: Are you saying I don’t have any character until I do something I regret?
Phil: No Bob, I’m saying you have already done plenty things to regret. You just don’t know what they are. It’s when you discover them, when you see the folly in something you have done and you wish that you had to do it over but you know you can’t because it’s too late so you pack that thing up and you carry it with you to remind you that life goes on. The world will spin without you. You really don’t matter in the end. Then you will attain character because honesty will rush out from inside and tattoo itself across your face. Until that day, however, you cannot expect to go beyond a certain point.
-The Big Kahuna
This is an amazing movie about a young man (much like myself) with a lot of drive and passion who get told in the end by a sad suicidal older man that he needs character. I don’t completely understand the response. Maybe that’s why it fascinates me.
What does it mean to be a man of character? To sweat and strive for the purest of purposes?
Posted by paul at March 28, 2004 06:25 PM
Comments
Wow, Paul. That is a good quote. I think that character is developed by learning from your mistakes. I think that is cliche in some ways, but it is actually very simple and yet so hard.
Posted by: Adam at March 29, 2004 12:45 PM