Serendipity

“In the course of general acceleration and hyperactivity we are also losing the capacity for rage. Rage has a characteristic temporality incompatible with generalized acceleration and hyperactivity, which admit no breadth of time. The future shortens into a protracted present. It lacks all negativity, which would permit one to look at the Other. In contrast, rage puts the present as a whole into question. It presupposes an interrupting pause in the present… The general distraction afflicting contemporary society does not allow the emphasis and energy of rage to arise. Rage is the capacity to interrupt a given state and make a new state begin. Today it is yielding more and more to offense or annoyance, “having a beef”, which proves incapable of effecting decisive change.”

“It’s amazing to think that everything we do leads up to an intersection between our life and another, that every action is taking us to a particular point where we will meet someone new; someone that may just be a passing face, someone to change us, someone to offer hope, someone to hurt us. No matter who they are, they’re right around the corner.”

“Who said the love within us needs to be channeled into one person. Point me in the direction of a road not yet followed. Show me the faces of people I am yet to meet. Life is about unpredictabilities, its curveballs, its turning points. It is a rollercoaster ride. It is free. It is yours.”