This revolution is of the soul..."rise"
I got a call last night from my brother. We spoke about the past, the present and the future. A conversation that brought my grievance into perspective and in the same vein, something he told me encouraged me to no end. My rants in these days have served to crystallize an issue that I have been seeing among my generation. There seems to be a "letting go" of sorts of conviction due to the purposeful silencing of conscience for the sake of false relatability. Too many in my generation have made the false assumption that the new generation has the answers simply because they were born after us. A claim I can disprove with ease. If anything, they have become weak, silly and foolish. A generation crying over words that have no spirit. Shuttered in by safe spaces and a politically correct narrative that keeps them from the reality of consequence. Living in a world that believes there is no real malice in the world and that to assume so even with the evidence of precedent and logic...is evil. It is the saddest thing to watch but what's even sadder, is watching my generation think they could learn something from this rabble of nonsense. Folks, I rant here because in most cases, I have no one to speak to and most times, I share for the purpose of "working out" what's inside. I read them over and over again until I "get it". Oh and I sure nough "get it"...
I have hope because I see the next generation picking up where we left off. My brother told me that his daughter has been going through changes. Most would think this small but he was amazed that she would approach him crying because she had disrespected him even though he had not shown the usual displeasure. This was not induced by him but by her conscience. A truly welcome change he did not expect for someone so young. Where most are dulling their conscience to accept a freedom without nobility or truth, she is allowing truth access to her conviction. A trend I see happening online as a direct backlash to truth being turned on its head through a PC narrative. Folks, understand this: Conviction is based in conscience and has the task of changing a soul for the better whereas shame is based in guilt whose purpose is to stifle. Shame is easy to maintain because embarrassment is easy to stoke and conviction can be muted by simply denying or ignoring a truth. Too many in my generation have decided that "old fashioned" is outdated. Yet these "outdated" ideals are based in universal truths that do not change with time. Too many fall into the trap that what is "normal" for the times should dictate one's ideals. Well I'll tell you what; if you read my piece on the Manchester terrorist attack, you'll see an example of a man fighting off the deadening of his conscience to be able to accept mass murder without feeling the heartbreak of the lives that were lost. The times may try to dictate our norms but they will never define truth. Truth does that without exception. The second I find myself accepting a fallacy is the second I need to check myself. It's easy when it's practiced...
So I don't change because I'm a stubborn bastard. I hang on to what I know to be true even though the changes around me are trying to convince me my ways are wrong because they are old. The reality is that they are old because they have stood the test of time. While others allow their conscience to become silent for the sake of ease, I sharpen mine until the world comes back around to me only to repeat the cycle all over again. In the end, I will be the one people remember as "the one that stood" and I'm more than ok with that. It's never easy bearing a standard...but it's definitely worth it...
~Moses Apollo
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