Expedient

Many have traveled before us, and many may come after. We have come far, and still have a great distance to go. Expediently; No other way is acceptable. We travel with haste, not knowing exactly what is happened ahead or behind of us. Haphazardly, we traverse the landscape with no purpose other than to maintain expedience.

Our point of departure was being torn apart. We left in the hope that there was something better, something out there, something. Something. We don't truly know what it is we're searching for, but we proceed towards it with all possible speed. The ones who remained behind will surely be engulfed by the overwhelming pressure: Conform. Any deviations from the form were not tolerated. We were on the brink of becoming outcasts, and our standards did not permit that. Our expedience was too open for them.

I have mentioned standards. They commended some for being "ahead" and having things "under control." They shunned some for staying behind, for thinking of their past experiences and letting them "interfere with their better logic." They shunned us for looking to the past for knowledge and experience, and thinking that their definition of "ahead" was, in all actuality, nowhere near our standard of expedience.

In the general sense, "they" refers to the establishment, the masses, the common frame of mind. Your frame of mind is very important to your window on life. Remember this. If your frame becomes covered in dust, warped, and not kept in good repair, your window may bend and possibly break.

We must be expedient in our expedition of searching for expedience. Don't live in your own world. Change the real world and make it your own.

Of course, call me a hypocrite, I am nothing but a member of this world we have created for ourselves. We ran from the pressure, the enormous analogy; We ran away from the world. You are still there, "there" being in the same general sense as "they," but you have the power. Change your surroundings, don't find new ones. Everything in moderation (including moderation) of course, but improving your environment will benefit you and others.

That is the ultimate purpose of life, no matter what window you're looking through. Improve yourself in the pursuit of helping others.

I now continue on my journey, expedient as ever. I shall never reach my destination, but when my time comes, I will have traveled far and seen many things. I am, and will always be, happy.

Life is a journey, not a destination.