I was reading about life in prisons and the fear that lurked there, fear of guards, of fellow prisoners and even the fear of life after prison. A thought struck me. If there is no fear, just plain indifference, what would be the result? Not just in prison, but in life also. What would you feel if you don't feel the fear of anything, and especially death. Because, once you lose the fear of dying, you would lose fear towards most other things. Losing fear could only come from indifference, towards people and their actions. What would be the outcome if someone tries to punishes you and you just don't care. I guess that would be the last nail in the coffin of punishment because once they know that it doesn't matter to you whether they hurt you or not, then they would see no point in hurting you.
“ What is the feeling when you're driving away from people, and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? It's the too huge world vaulting us, and it's goodbye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” -- Jack Kerouac (American Poet and Novelist) From what I have seen and admired in humans, they are eternal optimists. Goodbyes seem to break us, but we straighten up and walk, holding our head high, blinking away our tears. And as regards the specks of people dispersing, when something moves away, something else comes near. Guess that's how laws of nature move. If a time comes when nothing else comes near, it's when we will become really alone; alone to live and love life without any reason, taking the next step forward.
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