Monday, September 9, 2013

A fulfilled life (#1683)

It surely is much simpler to talk about a life unfulfilled but that isn't as much helpful as talking about a life that is fulfilled. I have no doubt we are all trying to better our world the best way we know how to do that. What most all of us don't share however is the same logic. My motto is real simple on this, if continued good leads to better than that is the right course. If however doing harm is one's idea toward improvement then that is where we diverge and regress. The intent and motivation may well still be the best of equality of opportunity with fairness and respect as the end result, nonetheless if the starting point is not equal then the idea falls on it's illusory foundation. It is perhaps instinctual to a degree to protect one's own advantages as some sort of deserve or privilege however that is contrary to virtue when the goal is to equate all with the same starting point. So for me it is all about creating the starting point so that when we begin we begin together. I know this is hard for many to humble themselves toward but necessarily it is still true. So until we can all have the leg up some already have we will continue to struggle within the boundaries of self-made strife. I am not sure what it is going to take other than learning about what we want for our world and what we are willing to work toward that want. The paradigm of some with most and most with some must find a balance that is achieved not through advantage and oppression, but through fairness and justice. The life that is fulfilled is the one we all share together with the same beginning for all to start from.

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