the luxury of self examination

We are lucky—blessed with a wide enough margin of survival to have time to think about the whole affair of things.

We are cursed—for pretty much the exact same reasons, facing down the despair of freedom, without the benefit of needing to act now to survive. 

We could try to moralize why it’s a collective good thing to have this kind of space, this kind of freedom, but truthfully, we don’t have a choice.

We’re just stuck with it, wondering what to do with the cursed blessing of self examination. 

Thank you. Let’s have a great day.