Cultural Condition
Hallow 14
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I'll start by addressing the elephant in the room I am a criminal, a crook I cannot be trusted, or so the rumor goes I am here to say that I am sick and tired of all this We live in a society that preys on the weakness of the heart and mind One in which you would so readily hate someone And the worst part is we've been conditioned into this, chained only by each other But before I get into that, I want to start with the so-called root of all evil It's an easy target The hungry and the greedy sitting on their thrones while we gnaw at the scraps It's time for change And it starts with us, it starts with us We can no longer afford to sit around and wait for others to take action The power we've granted to wealth and status has grown too far All it takes is the first step Because in this world the most courageous act you can take Is fighting the people who have the power to tell you No No we can't come at this from a point of rage Demonizing each other and making enemies never leads to solutions without consequences Nor without suffering I know many of you harbor disdain for others So much so you would go to extra lengths to prevent them from having their way So then I ask, well How far would you go to preserve your own way of life To keep your homestead safe from the changes of the world around you To what lengths would you interfere in the lives of others Just so they cannot interfere with yours Change isn't something to be feared Change is what allowed your way of life to come to be Things were never as they are now, and they never will be again But fear of the unknown and the uncertain is strong, to be sure A fear that what may come to be won't favor you as strongly as what already is A fear deep-seated in the hearts and minds of every one of us That's right Fear Fear is a weapon, the most powerful of all And what makes it so menacing is that you don't even realize when it's being used against you This makes it the perfect tool for creating a society of silent contempt A tool abused by many modern leaders A leader is someone who inspires those who have elected them Those who have placed their trust, their lives Their happiness and well-being in the hands of an individual Above all else a leader stands for the morals and values of those they serve This meaning has fallen to the wayside recently A leader is no longer a servant of their people A leader now stands above them And revels in the chaos beneath their feet But they aren't the only ones to blame, because we generate the chaos Again, demonizing those who would weaponize fear is no path to a solution The solution lies in accepting that you are to blame, as well For rooting yourself in these opinions and beliefs, these These convictions and the senseless stubbornness that falsely reinforces them They have this awful tendency to draw lines between us and those we love Just the other day, I attended my father's funeral My father and I, we never really agreed on too much He went one way and I went the other It seemed like every conversation ended with another door slammed I hadn't talked to him in years, but I wish he could see me now I wish he could be standing among you listening to me talk about what kind of man he was How he stood up for what he believed in, and so here I am Following in his footsteps Making a difference the only way I know how Now don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to stand here and tell you all how to act or think What I'm doing is trying to get you to think for yourselves, to open your minds to change I will admit it can be terrifying, I know And many times it is demanded of us well before we're ready So often do we sacrifice our lives in the names of others Forced to attempt a change we can't always accept Every now and then we do have to change, though We have to grow up and acknowledge the world around us Though there's nothing wrong with shedding our colors It's all a part of traveling the walk of life And learning just who we are and how to love those we share this world with It's true, really, we are imperfect creatures So stand up And grow Grow beyond the person you are now, and change for better or worse We are all humans and what makes us strong is not only our sense of community But the individualism we've all been imbued with A sense of purpose and identity, something which has in no other case been achieved A unique gift, to be able to make our own decisions, forge our own paths, be different Yet we spend so much time admiring the gifts of others that we forget our own And many times gifts are demanded of us, ones which we don't have Our society values certain gifts over others, but like everything else that can change We can change We are humans We are adaptive We are a world of unique entities mad at each other for our differences Don't concern yourself with how someone differs from you Be concerned with how you differ from them And how together, you can form something much greater No matter what path you walk in life Always carry this one lesson with you Be who you are Nobody else will
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