Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Inabilities

What can serve as salvation from our negative dispositions may be our faith on the unlimited human capacity: the positivism and the endless ability to rectify the predicaments we find ourselves in. It may be high time to consider such purposeful way of existence, but we must also be wary that vis-a-vis hightened capabilities are increasing levels of inability. It cannot be considered that what was conquered before are still part of present accomplishments, or what was basic undergoing metamorphisis can still sustain its basic identity. This is very much similar to our inability to be primitive in a modern world. Similar to how fashion can be intermittent, present ability can be an inability in the future and vice versa, and therefore cannot be sustainable. Change is constant. If increase in ability is also increase in inability, then most likely it is only replacing capabilities in the hierarchy of capabilities and not really conquering a series of progressive abilities from top to bottom. Let's face it, we cannot try and do everything, account for ourselves, and more so for everyone. Let us be more forgiving or we'll kill ourselves into living.

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