Why you asking all them questions?

You know I find myself asking God for a lot. Praying that such outcomes are on the side in which I favor. Wishing for tragedy to be demolished and non existent, and praying that the ‘bad guys’ get caught, when I hear a story on the late night news. Asking for love and leniency. I find myself asking for a lot, and I can not decide whether to blame society for the way it has pressured me into updating so that I can be compatible with the rest of the mindless machines who’s glued eyes are stuck to yet another machine, asking for yet another machine.  Or to take responsibility for my own actions. Actions that later on require me to ask for more. More time, more placement structured progress. It has driven me over the edge to recognize that my “asking” for things, not given to me has gave me tunnel vision. It is a pandemic of under-appreciation in which the antidote is its contrast.

I had first become aware of this cycle of under-appreciation heavily and notable when reading David Thoreau’s “Walden” published in 1854. When Thoreau makes a comment, as to imply that the greatest values in life are not respected, recognized nor valued enough. In respect to that implication Thoreau also explains that we can in some respect diminish the natural gift in which many receive in different ways. Through this statement I deemed it important to think about my own behaviors and how they reflect my values. What do I see as important? How do I show appreciation for what I claim to be important? When I under look what I have received am I claiming such things nonexistent? I know it is important to be in tune and aware of such questions. There is a cloud of misdirection and just because you ask for more within your own life does not enable the idea of under appreciation, but see the values that lie right in front of you, and understand that those are already achievements that we should be thankful for. Having more does not measure success,  nor does it measure achievements. It is through communication which is in some manners can be  incommunicable, where we identify what we appreciate the most. And such moments shouldn’t be mere moments. They should be a consciousness that lasts a lifetime.

Having these “gains” in life puts to question; what else is there to gain? The problem with the conscious today is we are hindered by what we are told is important versus what is truly important, and in that division there is yet another category in how we measure what is truly priceless in our own life. I feel it is crucial for people to become aware of what they are given, to use it, and to not take it for granted. Get the most out of what you have, because you never know what you truly have until it is no longer in your grasp. In a world in which we all appreciate our greatest gains and values, will be the world where there is most diversity making us a strong power structure. From individualism, to awareness, to respect, that’s what builds a strong community, a strong society, a strong world.

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