Viruses are frightening because they are essentially invisible to our view. We might see the effects attributed to the virus, but most of us have to take the word of scientists or doctors as to what caused the devastation that we can observe. I take it on faith that viruses exist because the experts say they do. The longer I live, the more things come my way that vex me for which the experts have no absolute answers...
Very Vexing
Violence seems to be the norm in nature, but so can kindness and caring. We hate and we love. Sometimes we are indifferent. What affects us adversely might be a cause of great concern to us. In other cases we are greatly concerned about what we perceive affects us or might affect us someday. Humans can be a mighty perplexing bunch.
Many of the problems humans face are more ideological than actual. It might be that we have too much time on our hands, use our imagination too much and not for something fun or diversionary, but to scare up new bugaboos to worry us. It is the conundrum of modern society. If a real threat is not enough then why not conjure up imagined ones or hypothetical scenarios?
What would it take for all humans to be happy? In the United States and much of the rest of the world for that matter, we have it easy. For most of us, the days of hunting for food or growing crops for survival is not even in our purview. The food is just there when we need it. Reasonably clean water is available by turning on a faucet.
So, what do we need to be happy? A new political installation? More money? Television shows that might interest or entertain us more? We have an abundance of so much in our lives and yet it never seems to be enough.
Yes, it is vexing to me when I dwell upon it. In my own life, there are indeed more things I would like to have. But I can also find a relative contentment in what I do have--or at least I accept it for the most part. And still the world around me cries out for more and still more.
It's all very vexing in some ways, while in other ways the answers seem as clear as a church bell reverberating across the verdant spring landscape on a placid Sunday morning. People are stirring, but are they really listening?
What is the most vexing life question on your mind? Why do you think there is so much dissonance in society? What is your answer to finding true happiness and contentment?
That's a very philosophical question, you have 3 hours ;)
ReplyDeleteI think most people have a different conception of life with the recycling movement. Consume differently, buy less, waste less, I think it can be a key for happiness and contentment.
The wondering what my most vexing question is is probably the most vexing question.
ReplyDeleteH. L. Mencken said "The aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." It's politics, which in recent years has become a blood sport.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid, back on the farm in Illinois, my dad preached "living within your means" as a way to get through life and be happy. The huge garden and our own chickens, eggs, etc. helped a lot, especially the winter we put up with an outhouse. The message hasn't survived the generations, but would definitely help a lot of folks today.
ReplyDeleteVexing is a good word for how things are now
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