You ever just get so frustrated because it seems like every person you know is just an ego with feet? That they can't ever seem to be content with what they have and feel the need to always be commenting and noticing others' flaws and mistakes just to make themselves feel better? The people that are so shallow, they don't stand for anything, which makes them easy prey for society to mold however it likes? Yeah. That's most people today. Too many of us are stuck in the cycle of society telling us what to do and what not, what is acceptable and what isn't. We may feel like we have freedom, but do we REALLY? When was the last time you wanted to do something that seemed crazy but decided against it because you didn't want people to see you as "weird" or "odd"? That doesn't sound like free to me. Being truly free is different than believing you are free. At a level, we are all a slave at some degree to society. It is just something we cannot escape as humans- it is in our nature. But too often, we let society define us and our world. To the theist- how do you know God exists? Prove it. To the atheist- how do you know God doesn't exist? Prove it. Everything in life is on a sliding scale, but in the US we are taught to see it as the opposite- left is opposite right, black opposite white, etc. We ignore the gray in between, the fact that good and bad is relative. Each scale varies from person to person, so how can we preach that there is one universal scale when no one can agree on what that is? Even in organized religions, beliefs are never universal. Interpretations vary. How can we be sure anything is real? We can't. As my language arts teacher said on our first day of junior year, "All we know is that we exist". That's it. Our ego tricks us into thinking that we know more than we do. It keeps us from questioning because the brain is afraid of the unknown. The ego instills fear to keep us safe, but no one ever got anywhere by being "safe". The greats were people who were able to overcome their egos and look where no one else was willing. They made the choice to overcome their egos. Overcoming the ego is actually quite easy; making the decision and conscious effort to is the hard part. Life throws many obstacles in our way, trying to keep us in that form of subservience, and we are too unwilling to be master of our own lives that we let ourselves "go with the flow". Going with the flow puts you at the mercy of the universe, and is a choice that we are choosing to not make, giving us unpredictable results. Life does not just hand you lemonade- you have to take your lemons, squeeze them, and then take the extra initiative to get sugar to make the juice worth drinking. Life is not something that we can idly float through- we must take charge of it and make it how we want because as humans that is a power we have. We have incarnated in this body to experience the human physicality, and of all the species that exist becoming human is a very small chance. Why would we throw it away? As humans, we have the ability to do and think things other species cannot, yet too many of us are willing to let every opportunity slide by and not take initiative. This goes for more than just that job or asking that girl out on a date- this is about the universe and your life as a whole. A life without a purpose is not worth living, and it is up to us to give our lives purpose. No one defines that for us. Putting our faith in a God to tell us what to do is just a cop-out to avoid taking responsibility for ourselves. At times, the universe will give you a push, but ultimately it is up to you to respond accordingly and appropriately and take the necessary steps to change your life. You have a purpose, but you must be the one to chose and carry it out, not God, not fate, not anyone but yourself. You hold your own life in your hands, so make use of this rare opportunity to be human and do something meaningful with your essence. You'll likely not get this chance again.
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AuthorAn 18 year old writer, drawer, tea enthusiast, beanie baby collector, INFJ, Pleiadian starseed and high schooler, Amanda enjoys mammals, drawing, and reading. She wants to be an editor, comic artist, alien, and own lots of pets when she grows up. Archives
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