The Different Man

Social conditioning is one of the most potent forces in the development of morality. When social norms are correct they enhance the very essence of being and cultivate a true world order. Conversely, the avidity to believe what is taught by loved ones, government and clergy without reflection or pause may have an inverse effect. A robotic ignorance of ones free thought not only dehumanizes, but in many cases sets a track or keeps a track of prejudice, malignity, injustice, and at the very least an off-base philosophy and an implement thereof. Of course ardent contumacy is obviously not the proper path, but to take time to stop and ask if you are going in the right direction or merely the direction in which you are led will help expurgate the seamy routes of life. The bottom line is to exercise freethinking, reject manipulation, keep the good paths, redirect the bad ones and set a course for the truth. And the truth has taught me that the only enemy is time.