why?
im trying to find the reason for our existance, and in turn find the reason for mine. its not like im a fatalist and im definitly not a pessimist but sometimes its required that we, as rational beings, question our place on this planet and in the circle of life. yes, before anybody starts, i just plagiarised the lion king.
but isnt it funny how human beings can have so much control over the fate of the third rock from the sun. by the mere fact that we have a certain well developed sixth sense. not all of us i admit, and those who dont go about behaving like the very animals we are supposed to lord over. we are definitely not the most physically powerful. nor are we the largest. we cannot live of land for extended periods and we cannot fly (naturally, without an aircraft). the bottom line is that we have no super power other than this incredibly wonderful 'organ', as pri stresses it is, our 'brain' that makes us numero uno.
but what do we do with this power? we proceed to destroy our home, our fellow man and cause havoc all around. true that man has come up with some brilliant stuff and we have moved some considerable distance from our cave dwelling ancestors but how much exactly have we progressed. this seems stupid since i just said that we have moved on since the neanderthal but the question is not if we have stopped living like animals but if we have stopped behaving like them.
one just needs to look at the behaviour of some of the most powerful people on earth, elected leaders to represent the masses in the democracies, and the self established or imposed rulers to see that some of us really do not see the need use their brains! they may be a handful so cannot represent the larger part of out species but then what about the individual. how many times do we see a hungry person and try appease that hunger. personally, i dont do it very often. and i dont think its possible to get rid of poverty, or disease or famine. that would be utopian, a dream, good but impossible. or atleast in our lifetimes. that does not mean we sould not try but we must know that our actions are for the most part a drop in the ocean. it requires more than just a hundred!
i dont know where this is going. but these are just thoughts. things that at times play on my mind.
