Few can bear the unknown and uncertainty. You feel the ground give way. The world close to your heart crumbles.
To regain balance, a man will pay any price. The oldest, surest fix? Wipe out the source of the trouble.
Who exactly it is matters little. The hunt and exile of the "guilty" hands control back to the judge. Plus, that rising anxiety and rage gets "justified" dump into a target.
The best candidate is the one who embodies uncertainty itself. Someone who differs from the majority in any way. Strange means suspicious. Suspicious means dangerous. Yeah, he's the problem root.
After the trial and execution comes release. Celebration. Calm.
But soon uncertainty starts gnawing at the foundations of life again. Damn it. Why does this snake keep sneaking into our garden of paradise?
One day, we grow so tired of the absurdity that we pause and think: “What if this snake’s persistence means something else, besides trying to annoy me?”
The question itself is so wild that at first we judge and exile it too. Yet it has the nerve to return, just like the snake did. Over time, we grow used to the question, though we still don’t rush to answer it.
That alone is progress worth noticing.
We can now coexist with the Other, who quietly catches our every glance. Silent, yes. But this is already a relationship, not another attempt to condemn and expel.
Sooner or later, the first dialogue happens. Since otherness no longer frightens us much, it can do only one thing. Pleasantly surprise us. Uncertainty has shown us its favorable side.
Finding a place for the Other inside you, you gain new footing and superpower.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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