Fear should not dictate a man’s actions. I might die soon, thus I write. The two are in opposition to each other, if I don’t write I inspire less listening, less listening is not all good. If I do write, to say my actions are not somewhat dictated by my circumstances would be wrong.
I am not writing particularly of fear for my own life, maybe more of fear the wisdom that has been instilled in me will die without a piece of parchment. Wisdom and Experience delivered then lost seems awful, and likely very common.
A man on death row likely has a lot of Wisdom and Experience known that is not always divulged. Paper and pencil might be given, but do they always feel at liberty to speak freely, speak about what decisions could have lead to their current set of circumstances? Limited output factors into what the public knows and learns long term, oppressive systems and truth limiting for the sake of protection, potentially protectionism factors into messages delivered and not delivered. Words are taught as less valuable, likely to be upsold to legalism or used in ways that do not always profit all parties. Silence has potential for taught as greater value added.
I was thinking this morning on the subject of profit. On the subject of useful. On the subject of value added. The subject kind of angers me. It paints the World’s actions and paints the experiences we have. It has the potential to drive useful it also has the potential to drive rutheless. If I go to the party will there be opportunities that have the potential to profit my future life? I might be high value added to others, yet how it profits me should dictate whether I go or do not go? “Can’t be trusted with a little can’t be trusted with allot”, another saying (I think from the Bible) that potentially has the ability to drive rutheless. If a man wastes a second of his day, trust him with a minute of my time?
Cold reasoning dictates paths in life gives feeling of a sour deal. People that find partners early in life marry off and start creating babies. The rest left to fend for themselves with less potential to fend for themselves. Who is going to call out a man with children that robs a man with no children? Father in Jail is better for the children? No. The single people in society are effectively protected by a society that is pretty much required to value some over others? While that same society has tendency to judge and make decisions based upon profit and consideration of value added? No.
At the same time Maximizing profit, bang for buck, usefulness is many times value added. If I only have 3 months to live do I spend it not seizing the day, not making every minute count? 3 months to live might equal thought I can effectively maximize the value, that 3 months is all that is given thus it is what was destined by God as has highest potential for value added. The ideas don’t sit all well with me.
3 months to live might give the appearance of a guarantee. I could die today, could live on 20 years. Idea God doesn’t write the script seems unwise. To think there won’t be plenty of time to carry on what I was working on in Heaven seems unwise as well. Need to make every minute count when my mind is far less than an ideal system? I might be able to type 60 WPM, does not equal 60 WPM or 120 WPM equals words that will be ideal or free from human error and motivations. Editing is valuable gets upsold to an edited value will be ideal value creation. A gem like an Emerald, is better than nothing, to say that an Emerald would be ideal value creation in all circumstances, not shown in the right lights seems unwise.
Profit based decision making might lead to people divesting completely without a guarantee of a win. Yet with many things in life, life has potential for being a bit more like a slot machine. Most of the time you don’t see the jackpot. Even if you win the jackpot, it does not guarantee the winnings will be used wisely. Investing time only where one thinks they will derive value has the potential for being both useful and causing one to miss opportunities that could be game changing. Specialization is valuable, generalized knowledge is valuable as well. An important reminder though, value, at least value on this earth has potential for fleeting at best. Friendships made that will continue on in Heaven have potential for higher value added then materials and items that get eaten by moths and rust over time.
Potential can always be greater can lead to wholesale divests. A millionaire might think what profit does it add to my life if I go to a party if it does not have potential to lead to a large profit. Yet someone with a few dollars and free time might go to a party and might meet the person that saves their life. A millionaire not going to one party might not be that big of a deal, many parties that add up over time might have the potential for impacts not fully comprehendible. Value is always added? Have’s always Ease? Havesy?
Imagine an old single woman that society doesn’t care for who winds up with health problems and then falls unable to call 911. Takes days for her to die, while no help is delivered. Now imagine that event is 50 years in the future. Should that single woman maximize profit on building a family, solidifying support lines, or trust God that society will be better than that? From what I have seen, God does not always deliver for Widows, the Elderly, or Single. Does not deliver what I would consider as sufficient, what I would consider as sufficient for those I love, care about, family I entrust the World with.
On the other hand, God is not all domestic abuse out. God is not all torture, incest, and rape out. Just because one thinks they are solidifying support lines does not always equate to they are solidifying support lines. But see no evil?
What maximizing profit means, what is actually established as value has potential for not always pondered and reflected upon in ideal ways, ways that are likely to lead to more ideal value creation.
People don’t always ideally use value, value does not always add value in expected ways. Yet it might be easy to think value, value that is added like money or a new car has easily comprehendible results. Easily comprehendible equals projectable, projectable is not always value added.
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