This I Believe

This I Believe

 

                In life there are many experiences we go through, each molding and shaping who we are and what we will be. All of these same experiences also serve another purpose, one that maybe even more vital to ourselves than the previously stated. Those varied and invaluable experiences help us form our personal philosophy.  Each person’s philosophy will differ from the next, for no person will ever truly be the same. Each philosophy will use experiences, morals, religion, and societal rules to create a unique philosophy for every person.

I strongly believe that the ends can never justify the means; it’s the paths we take and the decisions we make that will. As a matter of fact, one can easily relate this belief with the occurrences in World War II concerning the extermination of the Jews. Hitler coveted creating a perfect race and in order to obtain his vision, he was responsible for the genocide of millions of people including not only Jews but also gypsies, homosexuals, and even the disabled. The concept of a perfect race that is healthy and smart is not a horrid idea, but the actions he willing chose to take ruined the good about the “mean”. Another example to further explain my belief is when I chose to cheat on an upcoming examination in substitution for studying. Three days after passing the examination, I came to this realization: the ends can never justify the means; due to the fact that I felt horribly guilty for what I had done. Therefore, the accomplishment of passing the examination became null and void due to how it was accomplished.

Additionally, I believe every person should be their own person and do what is morally acceptable regardless the pressure and state of the society that they reside in. My favorite writer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once said “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” In today’s society, people will blindly follow others and their actions in order to not face what could go wrong and for the small few who do not and instead voice their opinions this the greatest accomplishment one could have . For example, there was the Genovese case in New York, were 38 people in the comforts of their own homes, witnessed a murder taking place on the street below.  Not one of those people went out to help or even attempted to inform the police due to the fact that no one else was trying to help this young woman. To be brief, only the way you feel about yourself will ever really matter, not what others want you to be or see you as; if one shall do good by their self morals, the sheep will follow accordingly.

Looking at today’s societal life, many people perform average non-thinking jobs that, in all reality, a monkey can do; the mundane jobs do not require thought or talent but veritably deem workers as non-talented and dim witted. Even though this is the path that society is taking, I believe everyone possesses a true and unique gift or talent that should be shared with the world.  After years of looking, I have recently found mine. My gift, so to say, is my thirst for knowledge. I absolutely love learning about history, philosophy, anthropology, and occultism as well as writing. I know that if I were a cat, Curiosity would have ended my life on numerous occasions. This gift really came to be after I learned about the mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Therefore, the more I learned the more I want to learn; therefore I studied and learned more about that culture which lead me to learn about more cultures.

In the end, not one philosophy will ever be the same. Some will be similar while others will greatly differ; but it will always be yours to create and modify as you’d like and unable to be changed by others.