"But perhaps there is only one main sun: impatiance." After i read this passage I ran the book over to my mom and made her read that passage as she is the most impatient person that i know. Then I got to thinking that maybe it's not just the quality of being impatient that Kafka belives is sinful, but perhaps the context in which impatience seems to happen. Usually, from my point of view, people grow impatient because they have better stuff to do or have more things to take care of. Thus, thinking of themself as the number one priorty, and not taking a second to step back and take a look at the situation to assess what is really making them impatient. I would say that this is also called selfishness.
"The fact that our task is exactly as large as our life makes it appear infinate." I'm not sure why that makes it seem infinate but I do like the first part of the quote. The reason that our task is exactly as long as our life is because the task is life. To live is the reason that we are put here. Everyone takes their own route and completes their "task" in a different way. It's humbling to think that you aren't the only person taking this journey and completing this "task", and that you become a piece of the journey of everyone that you meet along the way. That really puts things into perspective for me. Im just one small person in a big, big world.
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I like what you had to say about Franz Kafka. I agree with you in that it is not only the quality impatience but the context in which impatience happens. But I will take it a step further; I think the consequences impatient brings out are not very good. People who are impatient can be rude; they can be impulsive, frustrated, distressed, over reactive, stressed and show anger. We can see these might interpreted as sins. They sure aren't good qualities.
ReplyDeleteI love how you interpreted the task statement. We are put here to live and everybody has their own "way", we are all a piece of the journey. Great thoughts!