The plans we make shifting through our thoughts and looking towards tomorrow

Breaking waves take the sands of the shore and watching nightfall as each hour passes us

The time broken into the boxes that we carry them in and all the while we dream

Smells of defeat and victory cloud our minds as we brush them aside for something that is not there at all

A blank slate to be filled with wishes and thoughts and processes and words and intentions and tidbits of ideas and pieces of lives never lived

Blank stares and amazement as we run dry and seat ourselves in the old worn chair waiting for another day

In philosophy there is a concept called ‘metaethics’; in short, it is the concept that there is such a thing as morality, but it does not define good nor does it define bad.  It is simply an acknowledgement that there are such things.

Some people try to differentiate good from bad by their actions, and in doing so incur the wrath of others.  Conversations sometimes go like this:

“I’m a vegetarian.”

“Oh…so you have something against eating meat.”

“Yes.  I don’t believe that it is justifiable to eat meat given the local and global consequences of doing so.”

“So you think you are better than me.”

It might be the case that the vegetarian does think she is better than those that eat meat, but it might just be that she is trying to act morally.  At some point it has become an offense to try to act morally.  But there is a caveat and it is fallacious.

The offense is that one is trying to act in such a way that does not coincide with one’s own ‘morality’.  Doing good, even if it is being done incorrectly, is at the very least doing good.

Perhaps those that are offended need to take a closer look at their own metaethical stance; how they are going about trying to do good?

If we want change in the world we must change ourselves.  A simple, perhaps overused, phrase that holds the secrets of our dreams and our hopes.  Put down the phones and look up.  Shut the car in the garage and ride your bike.  Go for a walk…in another country.

Need to lose weight?  Quit eating so much.

Need to be happy? Find what makes you happy and pursue that.

Change will come no matter if we make changes or not.  We will change no matter if we decide to or not.  Run, do not walk, away from the thought that everything will stay the same.  It will not.  It does not; and it never has.

Want to see the world?  Start planning and go do it.

Want to become a better person?  Figure out how and live accordingly.

Change is always hard and it is not always for the best, but it is inevitable.  Make the best of it, and make the best of your life.  There’s no other time than now.

Life.  Life is not special, but what is is the awareness of it.  We are aware that we are alive and we are capable of understanding, of thinking about that awareness.  This is what is special.

We are caught up in the evil of the world, and there is much evil in the world.  In order to change this evil, however, we must become aware of what we are doing with our lives.  This evil has power over us as long as we give it power; as long as we live a life of routine, of acceptance of our own routines, evil wins.

It really is that simple.  There is no secret here; change does not come from the top, it does not trickle down.  Change comes from individuals deciding to break from routine, deciding to break from the ritual of work, buy, fuck, sleep.

We do not have to be born, work, and die.  We can be born, live and become exhausted with a smile on our face and memories in our heads.

To live life, we must break the routine.

Sometimes it helps to be honest.

(writing coming back soon)

Sometimes philosophy offers answers, not just questions.

Impossible obsolesence.

Sometimes it’s just time for a nap.

Sometimes, to save the world, the answers how are right over our noses.

Sometimes one must simply listen to the other voice.