yearning for treasure

there are times in life and actions that we choose to take that we may not be proud of in that specific moment. something i wonder tho is why do we look at the initial action, and from there deem ethical or not, as opposed to how you finish? do i declare myself unethical, unmoral, unhealthy for going against a system that was set up with out my consent when really what i am doing is not all that problematic? No, selfish maybe, but selfishness comes in many shapes and colours. at times i feel bound to this "prison" that the world can be, yet certain actions that some claim are "wrong" make me feel more free than ever, untouchable, but still mortal. systems set up without my opinion are not always horrid laws that confine our bodies to not live to our full capabilities, rather they hold us back, to what the norm see as satisfactory. i'm not a criminal nor do i believe i must start a revolution to change the world in which we live. the truth of the matter is that there will always be likes and dislikes about every single detail in life, whether its presidential elections, politics within the police force, the girl of your dreams that you have been married to for 25 years, or even the type of coffee being served today at your local coffee shack. placing our efforts in dwelling in these dichotomies of likes and dislikes, not only wears our minds and souls down, but holds us from living to the full potential that the world has given us. there are many things that i do that are frowned upon by many, to these folk i plead you to look past the initial and the appearance, try to notice and understand the response, the final results or the pathway each decision, as unmoral as you believe, is on. we have the power to choose, decide, live, love, fight. lets choose to be honest, decide to never hold back, live to empower others, love all that we are given, and fight to break past the bars that bind us.

"it's a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the world say," continued the old man. "it describes people's inability to choose their own destinies. and it ends up saying that everyone believes the world's greatest lie."

"what's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised.

"it's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. that's the world's greatest lie."

-the alchemist by paulo coelho