Not In Vain!

Some people argue that there is no point to human existence. In the scope of the universe, we are nothing more than a heartbeat, a blink of the eye, thus in the grand scope of Time and Existence, we are nothing, inconsequential, with no real purpose. What we do makes no difference, since who will have remembered such troubling circumstances in ten years, let alone ten generations, ten millennia, ten epochs.

Good and evil, right and wrong, they are all arbitrary distinctions society devised to restrict what it deemed to be taboo behaviors, each depending upon environment, history, religious constructs, whimsies of the elite. They do not improve human nature, but restrict freedoms, a form of slavery society accepts since we are told that the alternative is anarchy, chaos, death, or damnation. Therefore, there is no such thing as "morality" and "virtue." Our decisions hold no other meaning that that which we give them. There is no true or false, since all are relative and subjective to the rules of society. No objective truth exists! Pontus Pilate famously questioned "What is truth?" Jesus never answered. Why? Because there is no answer to such subjective questions.

This is a crappy paraphrasing of postmodern nihilism, but hopefully I make my point. We exist in the moment between moments as eternity blinks out another century. No one knows how long we have to fulfill all the dreams we wish to make into reality. We rush Time in a race we know we cannot win. We follow rules because it is expected. We react in a scripted manner, predestined by rulers Eternity has forgotten.

When faced with the pressure to react to the decisions that must be made, however vital or mundane, we can either reject such responsibility, since, in the end, what does it matter... or we can rise to the challenge, cast aside the chains of conformity, and press on without thought to whether it matters or not.

Perhaps no one will ever know the deeds we perform. Perhaps they will be written down and recalled for a brief heartbeat in time. Lauded as a Robin Hood hero. Despised as the next Hitler. We take a chance in the choices we make, especially when we chose to go against conformity. The price of such freedom is too great for many.

Maybe the Borg are right and resistance is futile; we are merely avoiding the inevitable. Often, we will strive, fight, and race our hardest only to find failure or incompletion. However, the alternative is to give up, give in, and prove those nihilists right, that we really don't mean anything in the scope of Time. The best we can do is continue, to keep dreaming, and to work for our dreams.

If the actions I take bring me one step closer to reaching my goal, one more day to spend time with those I love, one fleeting moment in eternity to smile at friends and hug family, then it will be worth the struggle. It will not be in vain!