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Monday, October 17, 2011
Implications.
What are the limits of the things a single person is capable of doing? How do we know of the things that we can accomplish and the things we will only ever glimpse in the rear-view of life? Furthermore, what allows us to accurately assess ourselves without falling victim to the pitfalls of hubris? Human life is an exceedingly insular experience so much so that one can never do better than guess the intentions and thoughts of those around them. Because of this, one stumbles through their days in a gross approximation of what they believe the world around them will be able to tolerate -- how others will assess them. If one cannot properly gauge one's own place in the grand scheme of social consciousness and order, how can they ever make a forward-thinking decision without the larger social contexts that would properly inform them?
Obviously, we all make choices every day. We make them without really thinking about implications. In part, this is likely a mechanism we are trained since a young age to enact subconsciously in order to avoid the confusing and aggravating mental aerobics that result in wordy paragraphs of this nature. Admittedly many of the little choices we make in a given day are of almost nonexistent consequence to anything. What color shirt we choose to wear doesn't really effect the course of our lives in any discernible way. The kinds of decisions that matter are the kind in which it seems most intimidating to confront. Financial decisions and the truly intertwined nature of money in the social context of a human life realistically weigh monumentally. Choice of careers, choice of partners, choice of location and all the logistical and personal ramifications thereof; all of these are so large that they paralyze the logic centers of the brain. Perhaps it is how we react to this phenomenon that defines the paths we choose.
Reaction is key. All the forethought in the world, all the confidence, means nothing if in the end we are unable to act upon it. Some people react to the crushing weight of our own influence on the course of our relatively short lives with ease. They accomplish the goals they need to advance to a state of comfortability within the strictures of social human living. They do this simply because it is the thing to do and it suits the potential possibilities of their lives. Others over analyze (the irony of which does not go overlooked). They let the weight of the realizations freeze them in a perpetual state of unmoving. Some others dislike the idea of adhering to some great and imposing social norm.
The questions posed here are too hard to objectively answer. Everyone needs to choose for themselves -- react. Certain factors can motivate us to change, to envision a better future; the ability to overcome our natural inclinations. In the end, we choose almost without thinking. Our minds are already hard-wired to assess the world in the way we have grown accustomed. Perhaps the real secret to life is to live it. To react and live in the moment. Some would say there is always time to 'stop and smell the flowers', but maybe stopping is the exact opposite of what the nature of time dictates? The limits to our potential are, for the most part, creations of our own designs. Maybe we already have the answers to the questions of decisions and the ways in which they affect our lives. They are already there waiting for us to acknowledge what we already know.
Obviously, we all make choices every day. We make them without really thinking about implications. In part, this is likely a mechanism we are trained since a young age to enact subconsciously in order to avoid the confusing and aggravating mental aerobics that result in wordy paragraphs of this nature. Admittedly many of the little choices we make in a given day are of almost nonexistent consequence to anything. What color shirt we choose to wear doesn't really effect the course of our lives in any discernible way. The kinds of decisions that matter are the kind in which it seems most intimidating to confront. Financial decisions and the truly intertwined nature of money in the social context of a human life realistically weigh monumentally. Choice of careers, choice of partners, choice of location and all the logistical and personal ramifications thereof; all of these are so large that they paralyze the logic centers of the brain. Perhaps it is how we react to this phenomenon that defines the paths we choose.
Reaction is key. All the forethought in the world, all the confidence, means nothing if in the end we are unable to act upon it. Some people react to the crushing weight of our own influence on the course of our relatively short lives with ease. They accomplish the goals they need to advance to a state of comfortability within the strictures of social human living. They do this simply because it is the thing to do and it suits the potential possibilities of their lives. Others over analyze (the irony of which does not go overlooked). They let the weight of the realizations freeze them in a perpetual state of unmoving. Some others dislike the idea of adhering to some great and imposing social norm.
The questions posed here are too hard to objectively answer. Everyone needs to choose for themselves -- react. Certain factors can motivate us to change, to envision a better future; the ability to overcome our natural inclinations. In the end, we choose almost without thinking. Our minds are already hard-wired to assess the world in the way we have grown accustomed. Perhaps the real secret to life is to live it. To react and live in the moment. Some would say there is always time to 'stop and smell the flowers', but maybe stopping is the exact opposite of what the nature of time dictates? The limits to our potential are, for the most part, creations of our own designs. Maybe we already have the answers to the questions of decisions and the ways in which they affect our lives. They are already there waiting for us to acknowledge what we already know.
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