There are many Americans, and many others in the world, who are trapped by their own insecurities. These are the people who have lost hope -- and /or are stuck in jobs or professions that have become mundane, at least to them. They are people for whom love is only a fantasy, and compassion is the enemy of their self-sufficiency. They don't contribute to causes, because they think it's a plot to get their money, or they are so self-absorbed they think they themselves are the real victims.
I know many such people. Sadly, most of them can't even acknowledge their own helplessness. They plan, rather feverishly, for a crack in their future that allows them to survive.
To all of them I say what "Zorba" would say: "Chew life!" Nikos Kazantzakis got it right in his novels, again and again espousing that life should be lived, not just survived. The "art of living" includes taking chances on the future, on growth, on other people, on love., on life.
To refuse to know someone else (see my July 7, 2017 posting) is to hasten your own death. My sister has a refrigerator slogan at her home -- "We plan; God laughs!" I don't really believe in the source of the sentiment but I certainly understand the intent of the meme. Whether it is God, or fate, or chance -- the future is unknowable and neither benign nor horrific. We should never be afraid to broaden and stretch ourselves -- that was pre-eminent in my own artistic growth. I apply that dictum every day to my own life -- and I hope you will too. "Chew life!"
Continue to resist!!
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