In Life and in Death by RaysOfLight
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Over the ages, elements of humanity have tried to elevate themselves and stand above the rest of their kind. They have built great walls around themselves, great castles to live within, bought cars, boats and even islands. They have worn expensive and unique clothes, eaten foods no one else could afford. All this in an attempt to make themselves believe they were better than the rest of humanity.
It only takes one incident though to bring their dreams crashing down to earth. Regardless of financial situation, we are all still fundamentally human and therefore bound by the strengths and weaknesses of the human race, with biological needs and conditions that are common to all (or at least most) humans.
No matter how much we indulge ourselves in artifacts of vanity, we are still the same. Humans may discriminate amongst themselves, but there are forces in nature that act with no discrimination and no respect for class, status or money.
In the case of man against nature, we are all the same. Kings and lords fall just as easily as the peasants and slaves they ordered around. Oppressing and great governments fall and crumple under nature's deadly touch. It doesn't matter that you've worked your entire life to gain what you have and someone else has worked for nothing. All die just the same.
I do not speak of the vanity of life itself. I do not say that life should not be lived because it could all end so soon. I speak of the vanity of human nature. I speak of the attempt to set ourselves above and apart from those we consider below us. No one is below or above us. We all stand on the same level field, all just as likely to be swept away should the wave ever come.
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In case you are wondering why I brought this up, I just finished watching a documentary on Plagues, where it talked about the pandemic of smallpox, and how it decimated and terrified millions of people around the world in the years of its reign. Kings and queens fell before its path just as common folk fell. It was an indescriminate force of nature that could simply not be tamed. In the end, as I said, regardless of status, all humanity was the same in life and in death.
Comments (4)
Alpo
Your Marklars are wise and true! Reading this made me think how fragile the ties between vanity and humanity are. Pretty deep. I like it.
Calseeor
well said. I just watched, last night, a show about the Black Plague (What an odd coincidence, aye?)..and your words hit the mark.
Esme
Hmm I think you're right on. Mind you, back then, didn't the rich people bath less then 'lesser folk'? So they're more likely to crumble and get sick faster :p It also can show you that people get what is coming to them! hmmm
But sorry, I just had to say that, I just woke up, so you can't blame me for being weird! ;)
I think you hit it right on though sweetie :)
roadrunner69
I think you've described the 'human condition' exactly .... lots of rich and poor 'dead' peoples alike .... thank you.