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persevere forever. I presume this logical debate involves, on the
one side, Intellectual Discernment and on the other, Blind Faith.
One such conflict I feel that I adequately resolved pertains to
the scientific versus the religious views of the Act of Creation.
The idea being that religionists can listen to the id eas o f
academic scholars without feeling threatened and these and
those acting respectfully towards one another.
Intellectuals might conceive of the truth they are convince d
is one hundred percent correct and yet have no proof on many
theories their resea rch claims we should believe, as if out o f
blind faith in their authority. I publish many thoughts I feel are
important literary contributions to the singular archive of huma n
wisdo m collected throughout generations, but because o f
political correctitude, I'm always looking for the happy mediu m
amongst those with who m I wish to share existence. An
inclination to be honored instigates insecurity within my
personality; thinking to be right in the view of what others
thinks I should be doing, saying, or thinking.
What You See Is What You Get
As a play on the word, "see" we can take the letter, "c" and
multiply it by the seven seas of lifestyle that are navigated b y
elderly
people:
Co mmunity,
Communication,
Creative
Productivity, Co mputer Savvy, Cooking, Calis thenics, and
Currency of Exchange. This dissertation is a repetition of ideas
expressed elsewhere that I put together and that I had thought to
enter into a contest called "Get Old," albeit I was unqualified to
so do. I stuck it in, here.
Community: Let's begin with community. It can be seen fro m
nature that all creatures live amongst a community and for m
societies for the enhancement of each member of their species.
The reality of the soul's inhabitance in the body is a situatio n
that creates the need fo r bodily contact between members of our
species; facilitated by warm caresses, close proximity, and
singing and dancing with our companions as we bravely
encounter and endure the stresses of life. Ho mo sapiens have
different rites throughout the various st ages as to how we bea r
the yoke of the liberty of human people, and survival of the
natural beings with which we share community.
Human beings advance along the stages of development fro m
infancy to the approach of death, and as they do, we see externa l
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