I'm thankful for so many things. Just among superior contemporary television hosts, I'm thankful for Bill Moyers -- who will retire next month; for Tavis Smiley; Charlie Rose; Joy Behar; Jon Stewart; Bill Maher; Chris Rock; Craig Ferguson; Wanda Sykes. And so on.
And let's not forget Roger Ebert, who has arrived at a beautiful philopsophy of life. From his recent stint on Oprah (another positive force):
I believe that if, at the end of it all according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do. To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstance . . .
we must try. I didn’t always know this and I am happy that I lived long enough to find it out.
This is the way I look and my life is happy and productive . . . nobody looks perfect . . . we have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.
And thank you, TV as a medium! You are much-maligned but also much-appreciated. Sometimes, the message is more than the medium.
Today's Rune: Partnership. Happy Birthday, Jack Kerouac! 88 today if he'd lived.
3 comments:
Erik, what wisdom Roger was able to garner from his life changeing experience. I love what he has to say..
That is a great quote. I've been contemplating the nature of "reality" and "purpose" lately & this helps bolster myself against the Great Void.
I've always enjoyed Roger Ebert's film commentary, and admire his strength as he struggles with his dibilitating illness. My wife met him several times (her ex-husband works with him) and said he is a terrific guy.
I find the events in Texas really Orwellian and creepy. As you will remember, in his classic "1984," one of the ways the state controls the masses is by changing history. Life imitates art.
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