Modern folks chase the obvious—stuff you can grab, weigh in ounces, lock in a safe, or swallow right now.
But more and more, you hear complaints:
“Where’s the beautiful architecture gone?”
“How did a company’s vision shrink to a quarterly report?”
“Where are the leaders who plan for decades, not just election cycles?”
“Why do tech, knowledge, and comfort grow as fast as inner chaos and collective discord?”
“Did we free ourselves from old prejudices, superstitions, and traditions to become slaves to ideas, pills, and things?”
“Why, the harder I chase my goals, do I feel more stuck and lost?”
Things aren’t always what they seem at first. Two forms can look the same and mean the opposite.
A sign, a facade, words, or a uniform—easy to fake. Plenty of con artists are ready to scam fools. Most stare at the finger, not the moon it points to.
Worse, the shell is just that—a husk, a paw print, a beaver’s dam. If someone was there, he’s likely long gone.
That’s how life slips away when we cling to the surface:
Relationships crumble over nitpicked words.
Resistance to the inevitable breeds suffering.
The new can’t break through “safe” old patterns.
What already exists kills what could be.
Authenticity waits in the dark, while we run from the void.
Remember often: everything explicit was once implicit.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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