The Give and Take of Life

Living on a basis of give and take, I find myself somewhat being absorbed by the society’s idea of “freeness” – the idea of giving away free items by will – as well. I’ve always taught and reminded myself that there is no such thing as a free product and that we need to find ourselves working for what we want.

When it comes to sports events, such as conference games I find myself telling my teammates to take everything but then give nothing to them. I mean it doesn’t seem to turn out the way I want it to be, but you get the point. Living on the basis of give and take is the true way for the “survival of the fittest”. But sometimes I wish that people weren’t so selfish and profit focused sometimes.

The world of racism and stereotypes seems to live on this basis of give and take itself. Finding people to talk to is a great start, but then picking people from this giant apple tree I have at hand hasn’t been much of a field trip. I find myself looking but then not working. Then I find myself in situations where I’m giving but then never taking.

As a result I just find myself saying that “oh well I guess this is just how the world goes”. Yes indeed we find many selfish people who just find profit providing targets and take advantage of them, but I know that somewhere out there are a couple of people who know what life means. The whole meaning of my project is to find these special people and learn more about them. But it hasn’t been the smooth stairway to paradise. The give and take of life seems to be more like a stairway to back to where I came from.

I’ve also had some situations where people would look down on me for being a “student” rather than a young adult who wants to make a change in this world. The society itself seems to tell people where they belong in the “neo-social classes” and somehow put students in the bottom. Yes indeed, I might not know a lot about the real world and lack the experiences that adults have, but I know something that you people don’t. This special knowledge that I know of course is based on the fact that “I CAN’T TELL YOU”. Since its something that makes me unique from others and I’m not willing to give it to you in return for something that I want. Since this is the real world and the give and take of life, isn’t it?

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