Evading Hopeful Progress
To say it simply, rage righteously with the understanding that this world is a violent place. Truly, you are a survivor who will continue to thrive in the times to come. You will unknowingly escape many disasters in life. Nevertheless, you will encounter many individuals to observe over time, only to find that they have no passion, and that they have no heart. Your discoveries will teach you that progress and hope come short again and again, never knowing failure or success. Perfection will be the enemy of progress, and you will have meaning in your trials and tribulations. However, the changing fortunes of time writes your faith, it will surely come swiftly, bringing chaos and disorder. The chance of moving forward will be presented with many obstacles and in the moment, you will have to ignore them.
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You will turn a blind eye to hope and progress because of the various individuals who have or will intervene in your life in various capacities ranging from strangers, romance, friendships and colleagues. They will be able to show you or demonstrate the brutalist nature of human character, grace, encouragement, or support. All of which will continue to make you conscious and build a deep understanding that people start in very different places and that is just how it is. Some may have an ordinary life that is swallowed by momentary instinct. For others, it will be obvious and inescapable that they are very different than you and appearance isn’t everything. You may see them living the appearance of the best life, but you will not know what terrible events, trauma, or sorrow is beneath the surface.
Those things meticulously hidden away from view will have you asking question such as how do you feel about the choices up to now? What decision are being made today to make life better three, five, or eleven years from today? You will begin to take a deeper look into the processes, changes, or shifting relationships to see it as the only real experience of everyday living. You will mature to want less change and seek to evade progress because it will be difficult to keep pace with it all. You will forget and not remember how you got here. What you will remember is that you don’t exist in many people’s lives.
