Part 6- My Serendipitous Trek
5.7.07 by I.R.
We are flanked on all sides by the unrelenting enemy. I remember times of frugality and simple pleasure, humility and resilience, vigor and optimism. Alienated were we, not long ago, from all manifestations of vice. We knew no thing as greed, listlessness, jealously or frivolousness.
But those days were finite. We have blackened. Our skin has grown thick, our voices stern and our hearts sour. The policy of hedonism has encapsulated our former selves, and we roam the earth like wretched beings. We kill, steal and lie at the behest of our whims. We embrace materialism as religion and blindly pursue monetary wealth. We have lost touch with our true selves.
As the battle begins, I pray alongside my brethren for the possibility of rebirth and atonement.
But those days were finite. We have blackened. Our skin has grown thick, our voices stern and our hearts sour. The policy of hedonism has encapsulated our former selves, and we roam the earth like wretched beings. We kill, steal and lie at the behest of our whims. We embrace materialism as religion and blindly pursue monetary wealth. We have lost touch with our true selves.
As the battle begins, I pray alongside my brethren for the possibility of rebirth and atonement.
