A he said ," I yam what I yam." I'm not sure he knew what he was, as if any of us do. He was often beset by Bluto, a big hairy bully, and he had the job of protecting Olive Oyl from him, but Popeye may have never realized that his own internal dark side was Bluto and his Anima was Olive.
" I Yam what I Yam " is pretty complicated stuff . Our nameless God says just call me "I AM " and Descartes said, " I think. Therefore I am." but Popeye the sailor man is an equal challenge for us. Moreover he has to rely from strength outside of his skin because he cannot battle his big hairy bully or protect his anima without a can or two of spinach. And so do we as we find out, usually painfully, that we need a tonic of spinach from time to time when our Bluto appears or Olive is threatened, usually both.
I may say blithely, " I am what I am. " but wholeness is an elusive state and for me it includes Bluto and Olive Oyl and the great I AM, who is my giver of spinach.
" I Yam what I Yam " is pretty complicated stuff . Our nameless God says just call me "I AM " and Descartes said, " I think. Therefore I am." but Popeye the sailor man is an equal challenge for us. Moreover he has to rely from strength outside of his skin because he cannot battle his big hairy bully or protect his anima without a can or two of spinach. And so do we as we find out, usually painfully, that we need a tonic of spinach from time to time when our Bluto appears or Olive is threatened, usually both.
I may say blithely, " I am what I am. " but wholeness is an elusive state and for me it includes Bluto and Olive Oyl and the great I AM, who is my giver of spinach.
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