Oct 4, 2026 · 47 min · 11 segments
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I think it's a set of rules, you know, we wanna live by, we li- and we move through society by.
Uh, what I love even more is the amendments.
Now, I don't particularly love any one amendment over the others, uh, but I love amendments to Constitution because they mean we've looked at something, assessed it, and gone, "We need to make a change," and that's evident in a lot of places of our society.
Now, sometimes the amendments need to be amendment, but, uh, [chuckles] need to be amended, but, you know, hopefully we get to that point before we eradicate humanity.
Um, but I do think that, um, something that's interesting to look at over time, and I get really, uh, excited by this, is looking at the things that we used to do a certain way and then we've changed and we do differently today or are in the process of changing.
Blood is thicker than water.
Yeah, most of us have.
Um, and I think that has, at least for my story, for me, it's, it's been this narrative of, like, putting your family first.
And, you know, like your blood, your relatives, your blood family, you put them first before, um, before the people around, your friends and whoever else.
And I think that, um, there was a time that that was true and that was good, but I just...
it just didn't sit well with me as a teenage kid, but I didn't really have the words to explain what that meant, um, or what I felt truly.
And I think over time I've, I've learned to understand that I think, um, the blood relative connection that you have doesn't really define the amount of commitment that you, you may feel like you have.
Or, or, you know, I, I think, um, there's this age-old dogma of like respect your parents and respect your mother and your father, or honor your mother and your father.
And, um, and I've always gone kind of like what if your mother and your father are asking you to, you know, do something that would land you into prison? Uh, do you respect that? Do you follow that advice? Do you not? Um, and I think over time, for me, I've seen iterations of different phrases come through and, and humanity, like we have, humans have iterated sayings.
And if you've heard the new version of this saying, it's, it's only p- come up in the 20th century.
It's, um, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." Yeah? Any- anybody heard that before? Yeah, the blood of the covenant is thicker, is thicker than the water of the womb.
And I think understanding that flips the entire meaning of that saying, and it means that the blood, uh, the, the, the blood of covenant, the covenant that you would make with somebody, uh, and back in the day, if you n- if you know, if you understand history, um, some cultures you would actually s- slash your hand, shake on it.
Like so two people would slash their hand and make a covenant in blood and say, "I promise to" whatever.
Um, and so the blood of the covenant that we make with others is thicker than the water that we might share in the womb of s- of a family member, and I think that is so beautifully evident of, um, of us moving through change, of us responding to what's moving within us and how it doesn't resonate with something that is out on the outside of us, so that is, you know, prevalent in society.
One of the other things I love is evidence of, um, as evidence of this, is when we add new words to the dictionary.
I think it's a set of rules, you know, we wanna live by, we li- and we move through society by.
Uh, what I love even more is the amendments.
Now, I don't particularly love any one amendment over the others, uh, but I love amendments to Constitution because they mean we've looked at something, assessed it, and gone, "We need to make a change," and that's evident in a lot of places of our society.
Now, sometimes the amendments need to be amendment, but, uh, [chuckles] need to be amended, but, you know, hopefully we get to that point before we eradicate humanity.
Um, but I do think that, um, something that's interesting to look at over time, and I get really, uh, excited by this, is looking at the things that we used to do a certain way and then we've changed and we do differently today or are in the process of changing.
Blood is thicker than water.
Yeah, most of us have.
Um, and I think that has, at least for my story, for me, it's, it's been this narrative of, like, putting your family first.
And, you know, like your blood, your relatives, your blood family, you put them first before, um, before the people around, your friends and whoever else.
And I think that, um, there was a time that that was true and that was good, but I just...
it just didn't sit well with me as a teenage kid, but I didn't really have the words to explain what that meant, um, or what I felt truly.
And I think over time I've, I've learned to understand that I think, um, the blood relative connection that you have doesn't really define the amount of commitment that you, you may feel like you have.
Or, or, you know, I, I think, um, there's this age-old dogma of like respect your parents and respect your mother and your father, or honor your mother and your father.
And, um, and I've always gone kind of like what if your mother and your father are asking you to, you know, do something that would land you into prison? Uh, do you respect that? Do you follow that advice? Do you not? Um, and I think over time, for me, I've seen iterations of different phrases come through and, and humanity, like we have, humans have iterated sayings.
And if you've heard the new version of this saying, it's, it's only p- come up in the 20th century.
It's, um, "The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb." Yeah? Any- anybody heard that before? Yeah, the blood of the covenant is thicker, is thicker than the water of the womb.
And I think understanding that flips the entire meaning of that saying, and it means that the blood, uh, the, the, the blood of covenant, the covenant that you would make with somebody, uh, and back in the day, if you n- if you know, if you understand history, um, some cultures you would actually s- slash your hand, shake on it.
Like so two people would slash their hand and make a covenant in blood and say, "I promise to" whatever.
Um, and so the blood of the covenant that we make with others is thicker than the water that we might share in the womb of s- of a family member, and I think that is so beautifully evident of, um, of us moving through change, of us responding to what's moving within us and how it doesn't resonate with something that is out on the outside of us, so that is, you know, prevalent in society.
One of the other things I love is evidence of, um, as evidence of this, is when we add new words to the dictionary.
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