The Essence

bolo dolo

Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better

In the short amount of time we have on this planet, we encounter overabundant opportunities for influence. Brain plasticity is the brain’s uncanny ability to change and adapt after new experiences, and I have decided to experience what will work towards my ambitions as much as I can. Experience is true intelligence; moreover, I am in constant battle with myself, forcing myself to exercise my mind and body so that my heart may guide me.  The forces in my past and present life shaping my moral and ethical reasoning were undoubtedly people. After the ethical foundation provided during my adolescence by my parents, close family and friends, and the education system, I chose a path veering in the other direction. Now in my twenties, I have experienced both the dark and the light, knowing where I stand on matters of ethics and morals. For the most part, I do not see my moral and ethical reasoning changing all that much but remember “brain plasticity.” I have much more to experience, and everything is subject to change.

So when plagued by questions of ethics and morals, there is only one resounding answer my mind, body, and spirit know is true. Love is the answer. We must love because that is the parent of necessities like honesty, gratitude, and kindness. And if people cannot show love, we much teach them how. And even if they do not love themselves, we will love them. When the world makes matters overly complex, we can simplify them with love. Is it not possible to solve complex matters with love? Can scientific achievements not be made lovingly? Can a business not thrive if it operates with love? One might be correct in saying love cannot win a war, but the causes of war, greed, desire for power, and control, which all stem from fear, would not exist in a loving society. We can fight fire with fire until the smoke clears but the only power breaking the cycle is love. Something neat about a loving society is it makes it easy to spot who the assholes are.

I’ve done right and wrong. I’ve been selfless, and I’ve robbed. I’ve come from humble beginnings; my financial successes are only compiling. Oh, I’ve failed plenty too. There is so much more I wish to do in life, which is why I go out of my way to get to know people of various backgrounds and life experiences. My ethical and moral beginnings have come full circle in that the happiest people, both indigent and exceedingly wealthy, preach love above all things just as my parents did. I have also found that their mistakes — because mistakes are our teachers — came about because the person did not approach the situation with love or there was a lack of love.

The common denominator in everything I have absorbed is the power of love, and I do not apologize for sounding like a broken record when discussing. No matter my impact, this is what I deem right in matters of ethics and morals.