THE DEATH OF YOUTH, THE DEATH OF US ALL
It seems to me that our society’s whole manner of living is geared towards wrangling and corralling all of the energy, enthusiasm, creativity and joy of youth, and crushing it forever, accomplished by constant cultural programming for an existence (if one can call it that) that is a dull reflection of the possibilities of life, leading the newly programmed robot-child into a slow lingering subsistence (don’t dare call it life) filled with lethargy, disinterest, unoriginality, fear, disappointment, desperation and sadness until finally their programmed misery is brought to an end thru the great equalizer of death, either by suicide or so-called ‘natural’ causes. When I look around at the world, it seems that little if anything at all in society serves to further the human race on any level. Everything just seems to exist to bring us down and control us.
I wonder if instead of the above, we lived a life as God intended for us, would we live longer, always being youthful in appearance and conduct until we have fulfilled ourselves of all of our dreams (or else let go of all of them)? Then perhaps death could be a conscious choice (possibly its original and truest function?) instead of being a welcome and merciful release from an existence (again, don’t dare call it life) that we never intended for ourselves?
Sometimes, it certainly seems that way to me.
