Are You An Ompah Lumpah?

Quote of the DAY!
Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
- Rabbi Julius Gordon


Before I go on--I do not have a clue who reads my blog (I thought I had like 3 hits...I have like 2000 + so thanks...I just like to write...most of the time I jump all over the place--this is my playground...when I get published one day-- I hope you will appreciate the real effort of my work...rather than stream of conscious junk I come up with here. So thank you.)


I was thinking to myself about Willy Wonka vs the "re-imaginated" one.

I still like the old one with Gene Wilder--who played him the best by far. Johnny Depp's put a new twist on his Wonka--(that sounds bad doesn't it? I digress.)

I was thinking how it had this greek tragedy theme going on. Every child being a spoiled brat and all---but Charlie.

And then after the child gets their comeuppance-- it is followed by a song of moral. Of course the blame falls on the parent rather than the child who are to blame for their actions...to a point.

I guess then the Ompah Lumpah's are like the choir telling the tale of the children's downfall.

When you really think about it--a child or a baby is in essence a picture of sin. There is the look of innocence--and they do not know better...obviously because they are small and unaware.

They cry when they are hungry, cry when they get tired, cry when they need something, and cry when they do not get their way. I want to say it was Anton Checkov that showed his characters as they were as children and as they got older never really changed. I think it was one of the Russian writer's...

It does sound mean to say--why are they being so selfish? Why are they so self-absorbed in their own little world. Well, because they do not know any better. There is no way to reason things out until they are able to communicate.

All they can do is really cry.

Mommy! Get me what I want now! No. Cry.
Dad! I want that toy. No. Cry.
I want to eat candy. No. Cry.

To make it even worse--parents I think over protect--shelter their children from to much of the world. So that when they get out here...they are only crippled. Not all handicaps can be seen....

And then the parent raises the child and some times not for the best--

As we get older the games get far more complicated...like you me called what? I'll call my lawyer.

Your child hit my child? I'm suing you.

I do not like the way he looked at me. I'm calling the police.

You cut me off? Pull over and let's "reason" things out.

All that has changed-- is that children got older and the crying is replaced with legalities and adult crying in a different translation.

Eventually, every character in life...has to decide if this is the way they want to be--when you really want to be about character and not a character.

I'd like to think people are still able to reason things out rather than resorting to childish antics.

What is it going to take for us to change?

And Ompah Lumpah chorus?

Seize the Fish.