That's when the lightbulb turns on, a seminal moment of clarity...which takes courage to admit and go forward.
We have been told that the group is more important than the individual, and if you disagree you alienate "friends" and the collective will try to destroy you.
Choosing "the road less travelled by" is a difficult decision for most. So it does take courage.
That's when the lightbulb turns on, a seminal moment of clarity...which takes courage to admit and go forward.
We have been told that the group is more important than the individual, and if you disagree you alienate "friends" and the collective will try to destroy you.
Choosing "the road less travelled by" is a difficult decision for most. So it does take courage.
Sorry, I've never particularly cared about what "I was told," because I always knew that it was about my decisions and my responsibility, when it comes to my life, and I would have considered it a violation against my privacy or, even my life, if anyone had tried to say otherwise. I have encountered tens of thousands of people in my life, yet nobody challenged me on that department.
If I can "alienate" "friends" by speaking my mind, they are no friends of mine. The "collective" is only a bunch of morons, unable to coordinate beyond preconditioned responses.
As 5-year old, one cannot make those choices because we know only what we're told and a limited life experience.
But somewhere between, say, 5 and "adulthood" one has to make choices, and often those choices vary from what we thought and did as a child.
That is when courage comes in.
I think we all, at some point in our young lives, had to make a tough decision between going along with "friends" and doing what we knew, based on our growing awareness of our place in the world, was the more correct thing to do.
Which took courage.
And may have changed our relationship with the world forever, for better or worse.
Now toady, many decades into life, it's a lot easier to blow off "the crowd" because you truly don't give a crap.
Courage now is far easier than courage back then.
I do appreciate your noble comments. Not that you care... ;-)
By the age of five, our "conscience" is formed, usually by our immediate contacts. I guess, I was "lucky" in the ghetto to have honest parents.
I still have reservations about "courage." Can we EVER be courageous? Yeah, acting even when we are afraid is supposed to be brave. That's definitely stupid, not brave. Brave comes from fighting for something greater than I am, even when I am alone. At that point, fear sunsides, so again, there is no "courage" involved. And I am alone, as I have always been. Do I have something greater than I am?
And I do give a crap, but I cannot save people who decide against their best interests and even try to argue about it.
That's when the lightbulb turns on, a seminal moment of clarity...which takes courage to admit and go forward.
We have been told that the group is more important than the individual, and if you disagree you alienate "friends" and the collective will try to destroy you.
Choosing "the road less travelled by" is a difficult decision for most. So it does take courage.
Like taking the red pill...
Sorry, I've never particularly cared about what "I was told," because I always knew that it was about my decisions and my responsibility, when it comes to my life, and I would have considered it a violation against my privacy or, even my life, if anyone had tried to say otherwise. I have encountered tens of thousands of people in my life, yet nobody challenged me on that department.
If I can "alienate" "friends" by speaking my mind, they are no friends of mine. The "collective" is only a bunch of morons, unable to coordinate beyond preconditioned responses.
As an adult, I agree fully.
As 5-year old, one cannot make those choices because we know only what we're told and a limited life experience.
But somewhere between, say, 5 and "adulthood" one has to make choices, and often those choices vary from what we thought and did as a child.
That is when courage comes in.
I think we all, at some point in our young lives, had to make a tough decision between going along with "friends" and doing what we knew, based on our growing awareness of our place in the world, was the more correct thing to do.
Which took courage.
And may have changed our relationship with the world forever, for better or worse.
Now toady, many decades into life, it's a lot easier to blow off "the crowd" because you truly don't give a crap.
Courage now is far easier than courage back then.
I do appreciate your noble comments. Not that you care... ;-)
By the age of five, our "conscience" is formed, usually by our immediate contacts. I guess, I was "lucky" in the ghetto to have honest parents.
I still have reservations about "courage." Can we EVER be courageous? Yeah, acting even when we are afraid is supposed to be brave. That's definitely stupid, not brave. Brave comes from fighting for something greater than I am, even when I am alone. At that point, fear sunsides, so again, there is no "courage" involved. And I am alone, as I have always been. Do I have something greater than I am?
And I do give a crap, but I cannot save people who decide against their best interests and even try to argue about it.
And yes, we both care, don't we? :)