I find the musings of Travis Mcgee to be helpful right now.
"I think there is some kind of divine order in the universe. Every leaf on every tree in the world is unique. As far as we can see, there are other galaxies, all slowly spinning, numerous as the leaves in the forest. In an infinite number of planets, there has to be an infinite number with life forms on them. Maybe this planet is one of the discarded mistakes. Maybe it's one of the victories. We'll never know. I think the closest we can get to awareness is when we see one man, under stress, react in ... in a noble way, a selfless way.
to me organized religion, the formalities and routines, it's like being marched in formation to look at a sunset."
Any of system of morality we've established never applies completely I've noticed, but where do acts of selflessness come from? Those are neither the act of logic or of self-preservation, so where does the act of sacrifice originate from?
This and other questions are unanswerable by both parties, and I believe we'll be searching for those answers for a little while longer.
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-John Martyn
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