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Divine Cool

This may sound like a far fetched concept but I consider something in a higher tier of attribute or perhaps something generally beyond the human factors to reach an apex of development. Whether you call it a divine level, gold, platinum, dragon-like, god-like (divine), elite, ultra rare, sss rank, ultimate, top-level, top class, first class, exceptional, or whatever you rank as the highest form of any concept. Well, I chose this phrase and one reason being, it sounds good together. Divine is like the ultimate level of being cool. I essentially came up with this concept from one scene in a classic movie, Back To The Future. The scene I’m referring to is when Marty is caught by the bully gang during the prom where he planned to fix his parents missed opportunity of meeting. He was tossed into and locked in a car trunk with the keys inside. The band playing at the prom steps out for a break or something and discovered the idiot bully’s gang. Their intimidating poise and anger at those dipsticks messing with their car prompted and enabled the band to scare them off. They discover Marty when he speaks out and proceeded to rescue him despite the risk to their safety of breaking into their own car’s locked trunk. The leader is injured but they display an almost unreal and unbelievable sense of respect for him and themselves in their divine level behavior. They do this despite the curious time period setting of the fifties and oppression minorities were subject too.

It’s a scene that deserves awe. They represent true divine cool. This isn’t a racist thing that all minorities should be expected to kowtow to the white man as it were, no I believe EVERYONE should behave like that to everyone. The fact that the concept of divine cool is represented in a movie gives me hope that divine cool could be achieved in real life. Though I believe it is entirely possible there were people that had divine cool at times before, perhaps even bands like that depicted in the movie which makes such music seem “cool” despite its age. You might compare the highest echelons of cool to Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli, and perhaps he achieved it or maybe reached it occasionally at such times he appeared to have almost magical powers. The most classic display of divine cool like powers, is whenever he hits the jukebox to get a desired result. The scene from Back to The Future is no doubt the most exemplary depiction of divine cool, It’d be difficult to find many depictions in media and even harder to find real life samples.

I believe one defining factor of divine cool is a mutual yet humble respect among human beings. There might well be other less obvious or at least harder to affirm elements of divine cool but few examples come close to the awe and sense of divine cool level mutual respect for oneself and others depicted by the prom band. Other factors that might qualify as candidate like attributes might be: confidence (though that would be mitigated if respect level were abysmal. It’d have to at least be a neutral level.); magical like powers (such as ability to fix something instantly or make things go the right with say a snap of the fingers.); the look (A sharp snappy dresser brimming with strong fashion sense.); mutual self respect and respect for others (which is probably the most important divine cool denominator.); charm (divine cool attracts others without much effort.); envious admiration; and some relatively unique but strong and at least near expert level skill.

1. Mutual respect for everyone

2. Stellar skill

3. Magnetic charm

4. Trendsetting fashion sense

5. Admiration

6. Seemingly magical power

Though these attributes might be debatable or not fully comprehensive, I think I at least got the core of what quantifies divine cool. I suspect Jim Bowie might have strayed at least partly into divine cool when he rejected surrender and created a legend around a certain epic battle. Mary Shelley may have tapped into this when she essentially out wrote everyone else at Percy’s party the morning after dreaming about a certain figure that became quite popular and demonstrated a new understanding of science fiction. Tomyris may also have dipped into divine cool when she responded to her son’s death in battle by out strategizing the master strategist, Cyrus thus she defeated one of history’s greatest military leaders on a military event. Abraham Lincoln may have tapped into this twice: first during a speech when he defended a spectator getting harassed by knocking out the perpetrator; and then when he signed the proclamation; but he may also have done so when giving the Gettysburg address. I could probably think of many more figures and events that may or may not have reached divine cool but could at least be nominated for divine cool inclusion.

The concept of divine cool isn’t just an imaginative concept but a hope that humans in general can reach heights of development as lifeforms never dreamed of before or even believable that such an epic level of abilities were possible. We can always hope!!!

Why Communication or Present List Matter for Holidays & Birthdays

I’ve always held the phrase “It’s The Thought That Counts” almost literally. The way I see it, it’s a measure of not only thinking enough of someone to get, but, or make a gift for, but to affirm that you know them well enough to grasp what they might like or need. This to me shows a bigger, deeper, and more “thoughtful” connection. It says that you pay attention to the person, listen, hang out with, know, understand, and are close enough to know things that the person themselves may not always be aware about. However, by essentially the same measure, anyone you are close to such as loves, relatives, friends, or such should by the same token work to maintain their connections with you. By this I mean things like be available, communicate regularly, and share things such as likes and dislikes. This doesn’t mean you have to always like or dislike the same things, because I wouldn’t expect all my acquaintances to be virtual carbon copy clones of each other but you could at least share the information of what each of you like or don’t like. Communication is key to any relationship especially particularly close, important, or long lasting ones. It’s like a minimal requirement.

That being said, if your circle of friends, relatives, business associates, or other relations aren’t worthy of you putting in minimal effort to say, convey things you might like for presents, then don’t expect them to be able to either actually be capable of getting anything you remotely like or putting much if any thought into it. Mind you, if your idea of giving a list is to tell everyone EXACTLY what to get you, they may eventually give up bothering to spend time shopping or making said presents or may not bother getting anything at all. This is because they might end up feeling that there IS NO connection if there isn’t any mutual effort. Thus saying one thing at every event will backfire sooner or later or just making to feel items on said list. Thus I’d recommend as a rule of thumb to give at least five things said circle of connections can afford and probably two or three more generic/ broad interests to give a good broad baseline of options because if the options are too few then it’s more like a shopping list or a specific order than a “thought” as no time to process what to get is required. If you have to few items then there’s only that small percent of any thought. Five things means it’s a 20% chance of which you’d get. A randomness of that level is probably the bare minimum to allow actual thought.

It’s necessary to be flexible in both asking for presents for upcoming events and getting them for others. You never know if fate will make getting anything specific or on a very narrow list impossible, thus as a redundant backup add some generic options such as dinosaurs. That’s a pretty broad category of interest where people could find new things you never thought of but might be delighted to get. An example I can provide or two is, a sibling once got a game I never heard of nor asked for so what prompted that I can’t say precisely. It may have been because rpg elements, war, strategy, history, or based on a different country. However, to this day it remains one of my most memorable presents ever because that game not only became a favorite series that I got from repeatedly but also prompted an interest in that history and the books written about it. It was something relatively simple that on the surface might never have appeared to have such an enduring impact on me but it did. Without such flexibility, many opportunities will be lost. An aunt once bought me several books. It wasn’t expensive nor expected and though she lived fairly far away and I never really got anything else from her, it was another example because she knew I liked to read and horror and mystery and certain authors. Despite even then, not actually visiting each other often, she got me another of the most memorable presents because she got so much right despite lack of frequent contact than I’d have liked because I wished we kept in more contact since she was one of only s few relatives that had any similar interests to me.

So when I say it’s the thought that counts, I can say from experience that it often has much larger impact, impression, importance, significance, meaning, and appreciation than just any old gifts. So don’t be afraid to communicate now and then to anyone worthy of sharing holiday and birthday gift exchanges with or even make lists just make sure said lists or ideas shared during communication are flexible enough for wiggle room. Don’t just say you want this specific $100 Barbie or that $80 game.