We often take things for granted...

...And we are hard to forgive.

Like and dislike.  In or out.  Accepted or disowned.  Ideas and revolutions.  Change is the slowest percentage over time.  Loud noises make my teeth shutter.

Fog makes me lost, open in a sea of ideas, drowning in creativity which is breathing down my neck.  smelling smoke always makes my nose jerk.  Sleeping sideways never felt so good before.  We are lost until we are found.  Percentage of perception, cones of visibility, ideas of surroundings.  Altercation of life and body, atonement to body and soul.  Waxing crescents.  Life after death.  Smiling in church.  Pausing in the intersection.

Life as we know it, is beautifully bombarded with pros and cons, the pushes and pulls.

"Well why not the 'pulls and pushes?"

"Because, 'pushes' sounds better first."

"Oh, alright."

Our attention is shattered into a million pieces, each carving its own type of branding, to burn the brain with images to boost customer loyalty and brand loyalty.  It's all about the top 2 and the rest are trailing far behind.  Go ahead, just ask Coke and Pepsi.

"So why not Pepsi and Coke?"

"Same reason."

America needs its scapegoats and consumers need their oil.  We have been raised on faulty knowledge, all we know is to shop more, to consume more.

"How do we shake images and processes that are burned to the brain though!"

"Persistence for the pursuit of truth; to only believe your eyes, never your ears."

"But disconnecting from the system is so risky, you'll forget all that you've known and grown to believe!"

"Reality is distorted, all the signs are pointing in the same direction.  After all, we fear most about the unknown.  We are scared of risk and change."

"Its true, we often take things for granted..." I finally thought.