Apart from being the most intelligent of all animals, human beings remains the most complex creature in all ramification. Sometimes you want to understand them but you can't, when put under observation can not get all the facts. This complexity is what science can not break. We as human beings are as cumbersome as I can not explain. Some times we refer to ourselves as simple but the truth of the matter is that we are not close to being simple. The soonest we know that I think that will be the first step to journeying to the land of simplicity as most people want.
“Simplicity is a great virtue but it requires hard work to achieve it and education to appreciate it. And to make matters worse: complexity sells better.”
― Edsger W. Dijkstra
Most times we want to fight so hard to understand why so many things happens the way they do. We want to be able to explain everything but then nature laughs at our curiosity because we can not always know everything. Funny enough we do not even know why we act the way we do. All these are things that makes us question and read in order to understand but then it is only natural and better that we do not dig too much because that is the leverage nature has over us.
“Abandon the urge to simplify everything, to look for formulas and easy answers, and to begin to think multidimensional, to glory in the mystery and paradoxes of life, not to be dismayed by the multitude of causes and consequences that are inherent in each experience -- to appreciate the fact that life is complex.”
― M. Scott Peck
Human judgement
The word 'judgmental' is something that is popular among we human beings, although the word have a negative connotation but that does not mean it is not part of our lives. In fact I'd say its a good thing but it depends on the extent to which anyone carries it to.
For instance, in life we make decisions and if we do not try to weigh the options we might not know that which is best for us in this context judgement is beneficial and would rather be considered as a surviving mechanism.
“Human beings are prone to judge and evaluate situations, each other, and even ourselves. This is a survival mechanism -- something we do to avoid danger and prevent harm from happening to us.”
― Dr. Cynthia Thaik.
However that does not mean that there are some who takes judgement to the extreme. As human’s it seems like though we judge everything but it appears most common for us to judge one another. Due to our judgement on another, humans have a need or want to impress in the same process so that we are only judged in a positive light. This in mu opinion makes a lot f people hid their true self in order to appear in the good books of other.
Human wants are insatiable
I guess like myself have at one point tried to understand why we can not get enough, even when we know that the basic things we need in life is just food, clothing and house. However we find out that it is just one of the complexity of human to always ask for more (Oliver Twist). Once the basic need are met we tend to keep eyes on the wants; the latest clothes, luxurious cars and fancy life. All these makes us human, it makes up the complexity of the human race.
But then I choose to turn this table around. I believe that the way our mind work towards achieving so much for our selves that it can be channeled towards others, maybe life would be a little easier. Well, if the insatiable nature of man can be focused on getting more things done, unsatisfied until others are comfortable or till things around us get improved for others then the world would be a happier place to live in.
I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.
― Serena Williams
That is the reason why the economy is bad, the governments are corrupt, people are in need and nothing is enough because no one is satisfied yet. Luxury is intoxicating and everyone wants to have a taste of it and so is power.
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only what he has not. People complain of the despotism of princes; they ought to complain of the despotism of man.
―Joseph de Maistre
All these complexities makes the human race. We were created to be complex and that is one thing we can not simplify. The only thing we ought to do instead of trying to find out things that will only blow our mind is to try and get our immediate environment up and running and do the best we can to live a liberal life.
Life could be easier if we make nit so and not complicating things for our selves and for others. At the same time accepting what we are and what others are and try to live comfortably with one another. No one can be it all, yet no one lacks it all. We are only unique in our different sphere of complexity. We are nothing but pencil in the hands of the creator.
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