Human Behavior

Must you always tow the party line

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Can you form your own opinion?

Or must you always tow the party line?

Can you think for yourself independently?

An original thought you call “mine”?

Do you frequently use Facebook for persuasion?

Expecting the echo chamber effect?

A pseudo conversation you have

To gain your self respect?

The ease of social media

Does not always make it right

For you to make a rant

And merely incite a fight

Be advised not to pontificate

Some people just don’t want to hear

Whatever political musings

You pedal and hold as dear

I believe in spirited conversation

Sharing ideas is a must

I don’t believe in censorship

I recognize the philosophy of Elon Musk

There are many issues we can criticize

Some things are left better unsaid

But if you feel a need that compels you

Your moral compass just might be dead

Consider your motivation

When you employ a moral high ground

How do you comport?

Are you morally sound?

If you are unaware of the rules in speech communication

Than maybe apply common sense

If you fail in this endeavor

You will likely remain in perítence

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DCG

Honesty will always triumph

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Don’t leave people guessing

Don’t leave your mental notes unread

Sometimes silence is harsher

Than the words that are said

The problem is often within us

In poor communication we try to make sense

To save face from embarrassment

We use ignorance in our defense

This is common in social interaction

If we do not know what we want we miscomunicate

How we interpret and receive the message

Determines how we will navigate

One of the greatest skills we can master

In social etiquette is our speech

Lest we should never succumb to deceive

And this scripture I duly beseech

Honesty will always triumph

No matter how hurtful it may be

Trust and respect must be earned

But they never will when we deceive

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DCG

The quintessential attribute of our humanity

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Show me an atheist who believes in evolution

I’ll show you a theist who believes in intelligent design

Which theory is short in reason?

Which theory do you align?

If you care to embark on a thought experiment

It will surely test your deduction and skill

Do you become influenced by others?

Or do you rely upon your own will?

Some problems are not mathematical

You cannot simply provide proof to solve

Some problems you can falsify

These are ones you can resolve

Some problems are beyond our capability

Some say this is in the field of philosophy

Where there is an endless amount of debate

The quintessential attribute of our humanity

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DCG

You can’t share your delusion and expect me to believe

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You can’t share your delusion and expect me to believe

Empirical observation and reasoning in logic are our only tools

A subjective reality cannot be verified

It is only in our misuse of them that turns us into fools

History has always shown us

We set ourselves up for failure if we make supreme the humanist laws

The temptation of human reasoning

Places us as gods and this is the original flaw

The summit of our failure

The deepest reflection gives the epiphany to atone

The argument of the Christian faith

How many have been persecuted alone?

My middle name is Christian

And so is my faith

Not yet a grain of mustard seed

Maybe closer to about one-eighth

We live in a chaotic world

Delusional people populate society

That’s what drew me to psychology

That’s what drew me to philosophy

I must declare I am a pragmatist

Critical thinking and common sense will defuse

The illogical and prejudicial fallacies

Realities of outright distortion and abuse

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DCG

I’d love to change the world / Alvin Lee / Ten Years After / 1971

What would you embrace?

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I’d rather see wonder

Than a bully on the street

I’d rather stand up to tyranny

Than to bow and kneel at their feet

How we choose

How we live

What we take

And what we give

We are agents of our decisions

In our mind/body vessel we navigate

How shall we proceed?

What shall be our fate?

What gives meaning to our values?

They are tested over time

When we have no answers

Where do we turn for a sign?

Ask an elderly person in hospice

Ask a cancer patient in stage four

What would you have done differently?

What would you have payed attention to more?

When we face our mortality

The men of God

The men of war

What would you embrace?

What would you deplore?

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DCG

Not unlike a Salvador Dali

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Ask any Olympic athelete

They compete against their personal best

Seeking conquest of there own achievements

Done on their own behest

In our conquest of our own ethical behavior

Countless factors make up this equation

The wisdom in aggregate from past encounters

May often help us on occasion

The problem with self- improvement

The reflection in the mirror is tainted

Not unlike a Salvador Dali

The surreal reality that is painted

It takes skill and clear perspective

To acquire moral character

If blessed with a loving upbringing

You benefit as a blessed inheritor

Some will never ask the questions

Some will never answer the call

Treading water in the pool of humanity

The vast majority will sink in the squall

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DCG

Care to make a wager?

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Care to make a wager?

Anyway the wind blows

With no ties to the ground

That where your destiny goes

If you do something wrong

You can make it right

Better to be honest with yourself

Don’t give up the fight

Just when you think you are close

So close to reaching a goal

Life throws a curve ball

An unexpected variable takes its toll

Catalyst of change…self-indignation

Finding a better way

Learning a new method

Sick of having the same old day

We are creatures of habit

Problems in our conditioning are evidential

An alchemy in our behavior

That is truly consequential

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DCG

It is only I who must live in my skin

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So many people

Go along to get along

Do they understand the implication?

Do they have a sense of wrong?

The social dynamic

Dead poets society

The boys walking in a circle

The axiom of propriety

If you are raised by the morally impoverished

And you see this first hand

You may question the world around you

To help you understand

Not all searches

Will provide the answers you seek

Yet only the prudent

Will provide the best critique

The complexities of human relationships

One ethic may not fit all

Only the deepest thinkers

Are likely to make this call

My individual journey

Is a personal relationship within

Tested relentlessly throughput my life

It is only I who must live in my skin

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DCG

The many ways we lie

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Confabulation, miscalculation

In deceit we deceive

In the confidence man’s scheme

If gullible we believe

Distraction, retraction, hyperbole, guile

Dishonesty, distortion, evasion in exile

Falsehood, fiction, falsify, fib

Fraudulence, forgery, fabrication, fake

Just how many lies in this life will we make?

The many ways we lie

Countless exchanges

How many of us?

Should make some changes?

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DCG

We are agents of our destiny

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Dealing with adversity

We have to play our hand

When do we fold?

When will we make a stand?

The development of our character

Is not readily given

It is forged through our trials

And for those who do not readily give in

Most parents want what is best for their children

Just how will they prepare?

What behaviors will they model?

Which stories will they share?

For events we cannot control

It may be time for a prayer

I’ve never loved anything more deeply

Than my children who are all now grown

I can only pray they remain safe

As I reach out now over the telephone

We are agents of our destiny

Do we manifest what is returned?

And if this is true

Than what have we earned?

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DCG