#self deceit

For what every man wishes,

that he also believes to be true.

we are a manifestation of conditions that have come together at a particular moment. we can recognise ourselves and others as this manifestation. to see the manifestation of a life end at an early stage is difficult for some to equate the understanding of. its subject matter can be considered morbid to contemplate. day in day out we avoid such an intention upon us. we protect our fragility by hiding these truths of life from ourselves when such truths threaten our identity, our safety, our self‑image. such avoidances are not our failures. they are part of our present survival mechanism. our inevitable result, our end to this life, is not an instant we can avoid and so is not an occurrence we shy from.