Thursday, June 25, 2009

The butterfly effect

The flap of a butterflies wings can obstruct the course of the world. Events lead to new events. Life is a chain, a chain of events. Take out any part of the chain dating back to birth and you will be in a different position you are in now. Events do not happen for superstitious absolutist reasons, such as "everything happens for a reason" in the sense that God intervenes. But everything happens in order to put man in his present situation. This is the reason things happen. Things simply happen to shape you my friend. Who really is wise? If no man truly knows the truth of his existence, then who can surely say they are wise? This is why events happen, to shape people. Shape them to create ideas of their own personal existence, then in turn they may become wise to what they believe. Every idea, every work of art, music, literature and dialogue stems from that person's own life events. No idea is innate. So where does that leave man? Simple, there is no God, there is no true obligation in life, just that we must exist. We create what we want in our life. We take our of life what we want. We also give to life out of our generosity. We may add to the portrait of humanity, in order to help others understand the world or we may live in a selfish abode giving nothing to each other. It is your choice, and it underpins the beauty of generosity. Because there is no obligation or control demanding generosity, an act of generosity is is a much more powerful and beautiful act. How do you want to live?