Thoughts upon a southern drive

I wrote this during a drive to Florida, on the way to hop aboard a cruise ship. I thought it would be a good forward for a novel. So here is the forward, and hopefully the novel will someday follow.



On television and through various forms of the media, characters often undergo drastic changes after a major injury. In many circumstances, these characters come down with a bad case of amnesia and their entire memories can be lost. No knowledge of self or society remains intact, but something does stay with these people -- something that I find to be substantial. Their ability to communicate. Through all of their trauma, their words never leave them.

Upon this realization, I was struck by a lightning bolt containing equal parts of knowledge and inspiration. It is not what a man does or who he is that defines him -- the people, places, names, and faces are all just scenery along our journey towards self-discovery. Reflectively, the thoughts that make up daily life and the words that mark their documentation are what can leave a lasting impression upon both current and future generations. Impacting thinkers, intellectuals, and dreamers can create a shockwave throughout all we know and do, and each individual has a unique point of view to bring to the table. Every single living person, from the mentally challenged to the members of MENSA have ideas, and they are all unbelievably particular and powerful. This is the power that mankind needs to harness, for ideas are, and always will be, a source of greatness open to each and every person on this planet.



This is the embodiment of "potential explosion". Words are power, and we each have the ability to use them as a means of anything we so choose. Our words have the same capabilities as the rings of the Green Lantern Corps; they can be anything that we want them to be, and if we have enough will power, they can overcome just about anything.