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Going to War — The Consequences of Forming Your Own Values
As I make my way through this world, I am told by those I trust that forming my values is critical to my success, whatever that success may be.
As I devote time to forming values, I am told by those I admire that to clearly articulate my values is powerful, what I may use that power on I am not entirely certain.
Once I think I’ve formed and clearly articulated a value of my own, in this winding, meandering world, I must immediately choose whether to stand and fight for this value, this professed system of belief, or to subside — let my path be righted by those who want me to see differently.
To change or to trust in oneself. This is my decision.
Can a young person be so audacious, to some, arrogant, as to venture into the chaotic and return with the orderly?
Can I form my own values based on nothing more than what I observe, what I have been taught, what I think I may have taught myself, and what others’ lives have shown me?
Is there any truth I can hope to discover that gives me the right to disbelieve the forcefully contrary truths of others around me?
If the stage of truth holds room for only one victor, who gets to stand upon it?
