Lost
A ubiquitous state we all occupy; not a distinction.
Our degrees of awareness, acceptance, our admissions to others, and the strategies we employ to manage this disorientation are what distinguishes us.
One tendency is apparent however: we invent structure just so that there will be stability where none would otherwise exist. Such structures are shaky and are likely to crumble with even a minor amount of pressure. They were crafted abstractly on a whim within a single desperate mind; their roots are essentially non-existent.
A natural defense mechanism is to bolster these weak structures with a litany of incoherent supports so we do not lose whatever fleeting stability it provides us. When these soulless castles crumble, as they all do, we will scramble to find an equally flimsy substitution, or be forced to confront our shortcomings that we avoided up until this point.
Regardless of the outcome, the honest and courageous will hold themselves responsible for the poor-quality architecture. The resentful and cowardly will hold others accountable for their own failure to build resilient and coherent structures.
See: NARRATIVE
Posted: 2 Jan 2023
