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To Avoid Panic, Outrage, and Predictability

We've discovered something we've all mismanaged.

By Aly MoonPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
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To avoid panic, outrage, and predictability.

Something is discovered and acknowledged in secret. This could be contained, if we only tell the truth and stop it now. But no, the shame of the discovery; it should be repressed and perhaps not be noticed. But then it grows and grows. Its as if ignorance has unleashed a great curse amongst the world. And the world’s response is to repress and minimize this discovery. For at every stage we assume that, “no, this could not be that bad.” But our denial is the spiral into the void which causes us to suffer the cancer that is inside us, shame.

For honesty would have been the virtue that mirrors reality. But the mirrors filled with smoke, and as the clarity began to waiver into disillusionment and mirages… We found ourselves contaminated over the disaster that was once a minor discovery destined for truth. Perhaps even resolution, perhaps even reasonable solutions.

For if we wish to avoid panic, we must avoid the panic within ourselves. To avoid outrage, we must not be outrageous. To avoid predictability, we must be honest and acknowledge our cycles and our wrongdoings. For this is the only way we will ever survive into a life worth living.

You cannot sit idle with change. Don’t be seduced into believing you have a choice between change and inaction. In certainty, inaction is the choice to be moved forcibly and unexpectedly towards a justified chaos. Because this stubbornness offends even your own spirit, it casts us into self-sabotage and martyrism. Even a boulder is moved by the river over time. But this is not our destiny. For we are the mountain in the distance, the river in the foreground, and the air and the fire in the sky.

Announce the truth of our realities, and this indeed shall heal the world.

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About the Creator

Aly Moon

A Canadian living abroad. As a social worker, I am very interested in people, psychology, and different perspectives. I share some of mine: be it political, or just observation, I am here to share my insights and opinions!

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