Sep 10.

9/10/2025 5:04. Correspondence 26

I have a feeling today will lead to lasting impacts, unknown and terrifying. 

I'm frankly at a loss. 

Consciousness is a beautiful thing. An incredible thing. Consciousness is a gift. What we do with that gift is the same. We take in the incomprehensible world around us and try desperately to make sense of it. It's an impossible and deeply personal task. All I can think of on this day is of how others will try to make sense of this action, what wonderful and awful things will come of it. 

All people want is control. Not even in an egotistical way. Simply in the fact that we all want safety and comfort for ourselves and our loved ones. Most major actions, both beautiful and terrifying, stem from those basic wants. We want to be accepted and valued and loved. We want the same for our family the same. And we are willing to do terrible things to achive it. 

It is a cycle of violence we end up making and defending. A social ouroboros we are trapped in, unescapable and unchanging. The cause and effect that pushes decent people into desperate corners. We all participate. We all want the best for the ones we love. We all try to make sense of a world so often violent and cruel. 

But despite the lengths we go to build a better future for our kids, is this truly the future you want to give them?

Calvin Landreth