You can have all the evidence of the world and slap people in the face with it and they will still believe whatever they want to believe.  People will tell themselves whatever story works, what makes sense to them, what serves their purpose.  Once you understand this, you can start to break free.  The norms and rules we follow as a society have us placed in these little boxes but it takes facing the reality we started with, that people don’t care what you show them—they care what you can do for them—so if they don’t care what you show them, then why should it matter what you do?  People can talk and people do talk, often for the sake of hearing their own voices.  There doesn’t have to be substance behind it and the world is slowly moving toward an altered/engineered reality anyway.  We engineer our food, our chemicals, we augment our appearance, we believe we are something we are not, we have a computer write our words for us, draw pictures for us, show us the scenarios we only see in our heads brought to life but only because we can see it.  We’ve forgotten the core of living and what matters.

At the end of the day we must remember that the eye and ear can be fooled but our intuition cannot.  If we know something to be a certain way then we have to trust it.  There is no point in trying to prove what is right—we simply have to do what is right for us and keep moving forward.  No, it isn’t always fair.  Just remember: no matter how far down the road, the truth always comes out.  It can’t stay hidden forever.  If we think about some of the other premises that I’ve shared recently such as not being able to take anything with you, it stands to reason that all that matters is what we know in our hearts and what we do with that information.  If we operate to the best of our ability and seek to do no harm, if we operate with a clean conscience, anyone can say or do anything and it doesn’t matter because we know that we’ve done what is right.  Our time here isn’t about proving anything to anyone.  It’s about learning, growing, and having fun.  We are allowed to have some peace and some joy while we are here.  We are allowed to be happy. 

There is one more key truth in this as well: the parameters change.  What we thought was right we find is wrong. What we believed to function one way is entirely the opposite.  So why do we adhere to crazy standards and why do we put so much stock in them?  Why do we take life so seriously?  I mean, we need to take our purpose and drive seriously yes.  It’s wonderful to operate w/ a purpose.  But the way we make our short time here contingent on things like money and status and what people think and how controversial we can be how loud we can be makes it seem kind of like a waste of time.  We’re here for more than that.  We’re meant to be more than that.  So don’t waste time trying so hard to fit in when you were meant to break the damn mold.  Go with what you know is right and let that be your guide because what other people think matters so very little in the end.  We regret what we don’t do more than what we did so make sure to take the time to live life well and enjoy it.