He Who Stands Must Obey Demands

He who stands must obey the demands of others placed upon him when he has stood. In the act of defying gravity and raising to his feet, straightening both his knees and his posture, he is automatically placed in the position to serve those who remain slumped in the comfort of the leather sofa.

He must choose willingly, almost voluntarily to accommodate those who are seated; for if he is now standing is in the position of those who are sitting, then those who are standing, who used to be sitting, must also serve he who was standing but is now sitting, for he who was standing is now seated, and those who were seated but are standing have taken the willing action of serving he who used to be standing. If he who stands breaks this chain, then he who stands must accommodate both himself and others when he is both sitting or standing, for he would have broken the serving chain that had for years worked well, without a glitch.

He who stands must obey demands and cease all sexist thoughts, for she who sits has the ability to remain seated and control he who stands into bringing she who sits whatever it is that she pleases at the time of her seating. That brief hint of sexism is thus depleted, until she who is seated stands, in which case he who stands quickly runs to the sofa so that the brief instance of sexism is restored and she who now stands must serve he who now sits. 

There is a rule to this moment, being that he who stands cannot disobey the wishes of those who are seated, ignore them, and just sit down again. It is a wrongdoing and not only does he who stands break the everlasting chain of serving those seated, but he also halts the regulation of good karma brought on towards him from those around him. This act, to serve those seated, knights he who stands with idolising, with gratitude and delight, and when that act is broken it becomes cursed, he who stands and sits without serving is then shunned from most friendly gatherings if he who stands and sits without serving dares to break this flow. 

He who stands is a momentary butler, a butler of many years experience and a lack of exhaustion, a butler thriving on meeting the needs of others, a butler striving with excellence every time it is that he does so, not at one time coming short of the need of any of those seated. He who stands, the butler, must go about his directions with pleasant haste, haste that displays gracious movement, movement that shows no evident sign of lack of enthusiasm, movement that serves those who are waiting to be served at the right possible pace and speed, and with the most accurate result of what it is that those who are seated are asking for. 

The delivery of the items or foods that those who are seated ask for must be flawlessly done by he who stands, for obeying demands ensures the happiness of those who are seated and obeying demands flawlessly ensures an additional level of happiness to those who are seated that guarantee the return of positive delivery from those who were seated and now are standing when he who was standing and is now seated asks for the delivery of his preferred items or foods. 

When you are he who is standing, take too the role rather than just the action. Make the role your action too, and serve those who are seated because when the time comes and you are too comfortably seated, you would prefer it that someone obeys your demands. To have your needs met, meet the needs of others, too.

August: Osage County and its Effects on my Mind

August: Osage County is definitely a movie where you sit there and think that despite your insomnia and job at McDonald's, there are worse things in life that could happen to you such as sleeping with who you thought was your first cousin who actually turned out to be your brother. But please do not read on if you would like to save yourself more spoilers.

The powerful themes in the movie lift your soul from your body and take it on a rapid downhill journey where the bad things that can possibly happen to someone just get worse. There are no themes stronger than the combination of life, death and incest, betrayal and loss and lust, and this movie holds all of them and more. Upon viewing it, I have felt the need to clutch everyone and everything dear to me tightly in the very two palms of my hands, and squeeze them until the colour runs out of them.

I felt that I could easily connect with every character in the film. The depiction of their personalities was absolutely sensational and realistic. From the powerful whirlwind of a personality named Violet Weston comes the equally as strong Barbara, the so-called vivacious Karen, the elusive and confused Ivy, all adored by the deserted Beverly. Set in Violet and Beverly’s house, the movie follows the portrayal of a family and their direct relatives when Beverly allegedly commits suicide. Violet, affected by mouth cancer and a large variety of drugs that she abuses with cancer as her reasoning, undergoes a painstaking mental journey as she attempts to spin webs to maintain her relationships with her daughters and sisters, only to watch them all find a way out and slither well and truly away from her fragile reach.

The movie made me think – what does it take to push one off the edge, mentally? How would I act in this situation? Would I be able to tolerate the pressures faced? Most importantly, why am I not enjoying my own life and living to my fullest potential before dismay of this sort charges in and tears me away from all of the possibilities I could achieve? I do not know the answer to that question, but I do know that this film has awoken the need to live, to exist, to be.

It is not our situation that controls us, it is us who control them. We are the bearers of the burdens of situations, yes, however we can also access the controls to them. We can, if we set our minds to it, stand tall in the hours that exist to incinerate us. Most people do not accept this because it is easier to give up on something than to try it. Circumstances can also act as hurdles to our success however we can overcome them too – take Ivy, for example, having held a secret sexual relationship with Little Charles, the person she thought to be her first cousin, she utterly fell apart when she was told that he was really her brother. Instead of thinking the situation over and solving it, she overreacted and drove away, assumingly to her suicide too – this is unclear, but it is what I predict from her crazy reaction.

Situations are better when the attempt to handle them is made. Rather than storm off in a fury of emotions and disbelief, Ivy should have sought other ways to go about learning that she has been performing incest – one upside is, well, it is unintentional incest from both parties – neither one of them knew that they were brother and sister, and she is not pregnant. Ivy could not see this perspective because of her utter fury at the time.

What I am trying to say is, though, that despite all the bad things that could happen to you, you must weigh your problems out and come to the realisation that something worse could have happened, and that your problem can, in one way or another, be solved. Something can always be done, compromise exists but you have to shy away from circumstance to approach it. And when you approach it, you must do so wearing the shiniest of knightly armour – nobody and nothing can break through this armour, you are strong.

Do not be the Beverly or Ivy in your situations. Be the Barbara, or if you really want a mental trip, be the Violet. Be positively proactive. And watch August: Osage County, because the way it has altered my thought process will also benefit you. All of the actors involved present these harrowing themes so well that you will be a fool to miss it.