Sunday, June 8, 2008

Actus non facit reum, Nisi mens sit rea

The abovementioned maxim is clearly subtle, subtly clear. it simply means that an act alone does not constitute guilt unless accompanied by a guilty mind. But in this post, i simply wish to imply that a desire alone does not fruit. Simple, declare your desire.

Today i've truly understood naivety. a friend of mine today called me naive. foolishly credulous as the dictionary reads. i am naive.. but aren't we all? We[most of us] ask each other everyday "How are you?", when most of the time all we think of is how to avoid a conversation we so subconsciously started at first. Now that is thought but no action. But when we risk our lives and jump the gun to save a pedestrian or a baby from a fire, isn't that an act totally from reflex? we don't think, we do.

So when is it that we can truly think, and later do? A relationship. A loved one. simple as it seems, most of us aren't doing what we plan or most of us do what we never planned. an example, unwanted pregnancies. to me the best you can give in a relationship is yourself. You do small acts of kindness one at a time, a sweet message, a peck on the cheek, a call to say hi(if you can avoid the weird-desperado zone" and you love sincerely. It is that simple.

I recommend reader's digest.

As a starter post to a blog i don't plan to geek up on, i wish you all happy blogging!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Interesting. I was trying to search to story behind this maxim.

Anyway, no one has called me naive yet, I think I am and we are all naive. There is no big deal about it.

Good way to start your blog (I assume that this is your first blog). Keep posting!

Anonymous said...

they were first sentenced to death until Queen Victoria changed the sentence to six months of imprisonment.

i'm not satisfied with that decision. do you?

thomas dudley eventually emigrated to sydney while stephens settled down near southampton.

yeah, i'm doing a-levels too.


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