In effort to understand the cantankerous confusion that comes, part and parcel, with our daily endeavors, we do not assign any great moral authority to emotions. Sensibilities come and go, as likely as the strangers you pass on the sidewalk.

     Everyone is trying to overcome the misfortunes that arise on a planet so flawed and fractured.

     Has it always been so difficult?

     Must we ever be so fearful?

     War and unfettered famine rages in foreign countries, as it does so close to home. Ineffectual security, misinformed philosophies or ideological poverty have both weakened our desire and heightened our distrust. We deny responsibility for this adversity — politically, intellectually and environmentally — continually trying to hold on to what we once believed.

     I question, now, societal values which once seemed so familiar. Or have I simply forgotten, or ignored, the lies of our many past lives.

     It was so much easier when we were younger, or was I nothing more than naïve?  

11/28/2024                                                                                                                                        j.g.l.