The Human Condition

It is a true gift to be on this planet right now. Humans are amazing creatures. Humans have the ability to look inside the minds of others. Humans have the ability to see a world far beyond themselves. Humans have a desire to explore that place, to expand their knowledge of it. Humans search for answers. Humans long for companionship, connection. We feel emotions and react to different situations. We evolve.

But for every Yin, there is a Yang. Being able to look inside one another is tiring, so why not just focus on ourselves? It's hard enough having to deal with our own raging emotions, already. We see the world beyond ourselves, and hunger for more knowledge, but what happens when we've discovered it all? or we think we have? What happens when that hunger can no longer be satisfied? Will we still have a purpose? We long for connection, but do we truly connect outside of our own minds? Can we ever be willingly vulnerable, show another being the darkest places in our minds? Our emotions run out of control, threatening to devour us from the inside. We treat other humans badly because of the color of their skin, a trait only controlled by DNA. We treat other humans badly because of what they have on the lower half of their bodies, another random, luck-of-the-draw situation. We kill others amongst ourselves, and for what? For one subdivision of humans to rule us all? What is the goal here? Fight until one side gets its way? We kill so many people. We evolve into a lazier species, constantly longing for convenience and pleasure. Our values go down by the generation.

We may be flawed. We may be imperfect. We may be doomed as a species. But we are still beautiful.