The Frontier

A simple life is a fallacy. An impossibility.

In reality, life is more complex and perplexing than one can imagine; it is perhaps the most intriguing thing. Of the billions of people out there, none of us can truely live "simple lives". Which is why simulations of life, or models to describe life, all fail terribly: They over-simplify things.

Of course, not many of us can deal with living a complex life hopelessly intertwined with unknowns and conundrums. Thus we create a "shell" to protect ourselves. To shield us from the harsh realities. It is not just ourselves: From birth, we are "shielded" from the perils by people around us. We live in a society that tries in every way to simplify things. We want to be innocent.

Yet the concepts that we were taught from young, the beliefs programmed into us, unfortunately ultimately lead to an inescapable paradox. Thus some people question the meaning of life. What is life? A drama with a cast too many and plots too complex for anyone to understand? Nothing can mirror life as entirely as itself.

Thus the society that we live in acts as a safety net. We feel secure in a seemingly calm environment. We are within the eye of the storm. Yet it isn't simple as such. Even society cannot escape the infernal paradox. Which is why society has to constantly purge itself of contradicting elements to retain its apparent simplicity. It is thus we have become intolerent and indifferent. We were moulded into "simple" individuals.

Looking beyond the illusions of calmness that society provides, we find ourselves staring into a hole of the safety net- into a bottomless abyss. The unfathomable depths of life can be quite overwhelming. Most people, fearful of the unknown, have avoided it, and have brainwashed themselves into thinking that life is simple.

Let it be known though: It is inevitable. We all get swept into the storm the day we are born. It is just that most of us just don't know, for the protective shield is too effective. Yet all of us are in the maelstrom nonetheless.