new. this is a new post.
what is new?
people strive to become a new person, to meet new people, to go new places, see new things. what is it about new that so attracts us? or, is it more the old that repels us and drives us towards what is not itself? new has brought us great things. without new we would be a simplistic, unadvanced civilization, barely subsisting. with it we have achieved our dreams. however, it has also brought us less desirable things. new has given us the dangerous two-edged sword of intellectualism. it has led us into dangerous new territory of thought and action, territory better left untouched by our curious selves.
too often we doggedly chase after what is new, without understanding why. our better judgement is, these days, ignored more than it is regarded. one is lucky if he has enough insight to question his own motives. even luckier of he holds enough willpower to care.
i can’t say i had a plan for this post. i rarely do.
