Where Do You Sit?
Don't jump to conclusions and assume that I meant to say, "Where
do you stand?" Yet, there is a correlation between the two questions. I
asked where do you take a seat, but I intend to imply that your
selection may be perceived as taking a stance on a subject or an issue.
I have friends who will go to great lengths to acquire music concert tickets that will reserve seats for them at the very front of the concert hall. These same people also, arrive at church late to take a seat in the rear-most pew. Publicly, it appears that they have taken the only available seat. Yet, I know them. They minimize their time at church by arriving late and they escape easier than those who sit in pews closer to the front of the church.
By choosing a seat in one location over a seat in another, you might become either more or less conspicuous. Which do you prefer? Or, perhaps, you select your seat only out of your own consideration. You don't care what other people think. Are you a person who selects a seat because you want to have the best vantage from which to see something? Or, do you pick your seat because it is the optimum place where you can be seen by your peers, friends, and rivals?
If you are popular, you may be welcomed to sit with your friends. If you are prominent, you may feel compelled to sit among your greater family. If you sit among strangers, is it because you are comfortable among people unknown to you, or perhaps you lack the self-esteem to claim a better seat location? If you regularly attend a recurring function, do you always sit in the same seat or do you mix it up and sit in a different location every time you go there? How do you feel about being told where to sit? Does this upset you? Do you resist? Or, are you first and foremost a follower who obeys a rule, no matter the rule or its enforcer?
There have been times in my life where I deliberately chose to sit alone. Those times that I remember all fall in line with a quotation by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude." The meaning is that duty can be as heavy as iron. One sits alone to ponder risk, control fear, and muster courage to face duty. To fail at one's duty is to be shamed, to have regret, and to seek solitude in order to sit in judgment on yourself.
Now, the correlation: Whether you seat yourself deliberately or without much thought, you likely conform to your social status. Did you like hearing me say that? No? Well then, sit somewhere else.
I have friends who will go to great lengths to acquire music concert tickets that will reserve seats for them at the very front of the concert hall. These same people also, arrive at church late to take a seat in the rear-most pew. Publicly, it appears that they have taken the only available seat. Yet, I know them. They minimize their time at church by arriving late and they escape easier than those who sit in pews closer to the front of the church.
By choosing a seat in one location over a seat in another, you might become either more or less conspicuous. Which do you prefer? Or, perhaps, you select your seat only out of your own consideration. You don't care what other people think. Are you a person who selects a seat because you want to have the best vantage from which to see something? Or, do you pick your seat because it is the optimum place where you can be seen by your peers, friends, and rivals?
If you are popular, you may be welcomed to sit with your friends. If you are prominent, you may feel compelled to sit among your greater family. If you sit among strangers, is it because you are comfortable among people unknown to you, or perhaps you lack the self-esteem to claim a better seat location? If you regularly attend a recurring function, do you always sit in the same seat or do you mix it up and sit in a different location every time you go there? How do you feel about being told where to sit? Does this upset you? Do you resist? Or, are you first and foremost a follower who obeys a rule, no matter the rule or its enforcer?
There have been times in my life where I deliberately chose to sit alone. Those times that I remember all fall in line with a quotation by Percy Bysshe Shelley, "Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude." The meaning is that duty can be as heavy as iron. One sits alone to ponder risk, control fear, and muster courage to face duty. To fail at one's duty is to be shamed, to have regret, and to seek solitude in order to sit in judgment on yourself.
Now, the correlation: Whether you seat yourself deliberately or without much thought, you likely conform to your social status. Did you like hearing me say that? No? Well then, sit somewhere else.
"A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists," http://www.amazon.com/Voice-New-Mill-Creek-Methodists-ebook/dp/B00988NC2S
Tony is a writer, an author of several published novels, and an independent publisher. In September 2012, he wrote and published the first of a three-book drama series, "A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists," as an e-book. In April, 2013, he released his second e-book and first romance novel, "Goodnight Paige." In July, 2013, Tony released a guidebook titled "How Tony Wrote and Published Two Novels." In May 2014, he published "The Star of India, "the second novel in the Voice From New Mill Creek drama series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICK8qpv0a30
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Tony is a writer, an author of several published novels, and an independent publisher. In September 2012, he wrote and published the first of a three-book drama series, "A Voice from New Mill Creek: The Methodists," as an e-book. In April, 2013, he released his second e-book and first romance novel, "Goodnight Paige." In July, 2013, Tony released a guidebook titled "How Tony Wrote and Published Two Novels." In May 2014, he published "The Star of India, "the second novel in the Voice From New Mill Creek drama series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICK8qpv0a30
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