Modesty

As naturally self interested beings I understand our tendency toward egoism, but to what end? There must be a point in which a rational individual, and rationality is something we are all endowed with, believe it or not, can recognize the self destructive nature of such unsavoury characteristics as arrogance, for example, or conceitedness. We are all granted a certain amount of self-satisfaction, but we must be modest, however trying it may be to find that balance. It is painful to surround oneself with such individuals for they have not yet realized their utter minuteness within the grand cosmological schema. The self-righteousness of the educated for their own sake is something I find detestable, but also sobering to the individual who is willing to concede that, upon comparison of character, will choose never to be as such. The difficulty therein lies with bursting such an individual's bubble, so to speak, whilst remaining unimpassioned and ensuring the individual's dignity is still intact. Nevertheless, I believe this to be a noble endeavour, and one executed with the utmost respect for and in the interest of one's fellow man. 

Daydreaming During Moral Philosophy Class

Something I wrote during class as I pondered deontological moral theory:

Hinging and Binging

Leading to extreme

Existence becomes mired in the corporeal

A jail for the mind

Save me from my desires and passions

For they do not set me free

They lock doors to the truth of being

A truth found in discomfort

The present moment becomes that which we escape

Swimming in the warmth of the nostalgic past

Sprinting into the anxious realm of the unknowable future

Running from me

But where else does one go

For the present is all I have

Hopping on the WWW Train

It is about time I gave this a shot, this new medium for creativity and expression, but I shall not put my pen to rest just yet.