“At the precipice, we can change” - The Day the Earth Stood Still

“This one line has stayed with me. How true it is that we can choose to act differently at any time, we can choose to think differently, we can choose to live differently yet often we refuse to change on our own. It is not until we hit bottom that we realize our life is out of control, it is not until the doctor gives us a death sentence that we are empowered to give up smoking or start exercising, it is not until a loved one threatens to leave that we begin to work on communication and personal responsibility for change, and it is often not until we lose that job we never liked that we find the inspiration to pursue a new and more personally satisfying vocation. We have the capacity to change at any time but so often we do nothing to change our behavior until we find ourselves at the edge of a cliff.” - Covenant Moravian

It is true, when one is at the precipice, it is more than likely that one chooses to change. One does not realize what one has until it is either gone or threatened. The flaw of humanity is we need grave dangers to truly learn what we have. Why is it? Is it because man is spoiled to the point of no return? Is it because man doesn’t truly know anything about the world or how it works until experiences are made? We will never truly understand man, because the more we figure out, the more we find that we do not know. Perhaps there is a reason we do not know. Perhaps there were a society far beyond “recorded” history. There may have been “perfect man” before any of the times of the dinosaurs. Maybe they realized their potential, but it was too much power for man to handle, and they decided to lock all knowledge away and start from scratch. Maybe that is why we know nothing of before the time of the dinosaurs. Maybe that is why theories are constantly thrown out for new ones suggesting other ways the world came to be.

10:50 pm  •  28 May 2009  •  1 note  •  View comments