Self-Destructible

They say that children act indestructible and that they ignore or are oblivious of their limits. This is true. It is also true that as we grow we do not fair much better in our old age. I see this in my life and the lives of the general populace around me each day.

Now, I don't remember feeling or claiming to be invincible, but I recognize I had little caution and did not see my limits at the time. A lot of time has passed since those days; I no longer believe that I could beat up a ninja or one day have super powers and jumping off of tall objects now gives me visions of broken bones. As an adult I see my limits as temporary, but effective none the less. The specifics aren't important.

The point is that I see adults who show little caution to their current situation and imminent future. People have lost, or possibly never really had, the idea of consequence for their ideas and ways of living. Things of the spiritual world go dismissed or unheeded. How is this different than the days of our youth? Do you think each morning about the consequence of what actions you plan on taking today? Do you think each night that you might not have another morning to do the right thing? And isn't the real question, "Why haven't you acted on those questions?"

This is how we don't grow as we get older; we go on day to day, aware of the dangers we're in only half-way. Knowing that an end comes, but not acting as though it’s true. Knowing that our very souls are in danger, but dismissing it to get another item done on our list of things do to or worse, dismissing it to go back to sleep.

I don't have any ending to this blog, it is what it is.