Went with Joseph my son to see The Dark Knight today another batman movie which has some notoriety at the moment as it’s star Heath Ledger committed suicide a few months ago. Heath ledger plays the Joker who is not the least bit amusing but rather is a psychopath who is only interested in watching Gotham City burn. That apart the film is very dark indeed and is like one of those apparently innocent conversations you used to overhear adults having when you were a child where you suspected they are talking about something else entirely.
They call it a subtext I think but this is about the lengths that you have to go to, to make the world right. Sometimes to put the world right you cannot be the hero. Heroes by definition are popular, whereas sometimes to get things done you have to be unpopular.
One of my great drivers in life is a fundamental desire to be liked, no bad thing for a vicar where being hated would make it difficult to operate, but it is a challenge, especially with building projects to be everybody’s friend. True community champions will always be annoying to someone.
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