There was no hesitation, their words were unacceptable, yet they spoke still; the events of a future I could never admit to. How could my peers tell me what elders should? It was not palatable to my ears, made no sense to my head. I am here, with them, in the same experience, in the same time, space and age. Yet, I seem to be in another dimension, certain of an imminent uncertainty.
Maybe I was naive, maybe I expected too much from myself and from life. My one tracked mind narrowed only to the bliss of life and blinded to the potent turmoil ahead.
Jude looked me straight in the eye and said, "you know you are gonna cheat on her soon right?" Hank and Jazz both turned to me anticipating some response. At that moment, they were laughable. You see I loved my wife, i still do. At some point of my being with her, being faithful wasn't a problem. Before we hit the alter, I was solid and she was the only deal! She still is. But time shifted me to a zone where loyalty has become fluid, and fidelity, something to be rationalised. I realize that a person's state of mind, a person's resolve is simply a product of a momentary experience....meaning we could change. Very seriously, we all could. Given time, pressure, desire, loss or gain....anything can make people change....every one changes. Some times for good, sometimes for bad.
I have learned,... darkness must be anticipated if light is the destination. So rather than casting away the red flags, it is best to build a watch tower because whether we like it or not, the war is coming to us!
The thing with knowledge is that it stirs up the storms of curiosity. It is a basic character of an active mind to seek knowledge, for by knowledge comes wisdom, understanding and doubt. By doubt a man questions what he knows to defy his reason. Doubt is a seed. A good seed.....a bad seed. It depends on what side you stand on. On one side, it is leads to safety and steers away from gullibility. On another, it starves faith and festers apostasy. As the world grows in knowledge, the impact of faith diminishes. Science and scientists have become gods in their own rights as logic explains everything....well, almost everything. The way of science sees to it that everything is a subject of investigation and whatever cannot be explained by logic is either invalid or unreliable. The conflict is strong. The conflict between faith and logic. They are the two fronts in the battle for the souls of men. What does it mean to have faith? It means to believe what logic denies. To t...
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