Fear.
I know that redundancy only breeds security, but the constant retreat to familiar territories means lack of new experiences and a mental death. An essay I wrote as a student about Homeo Vs. Heterostasis lead my own mind wander in an unexplored area of my brain and surprised me with the formulation of this very statement: Homeostasis, as the attempt of the body to return to balance, ultimately aims Death. Heterostasis is the breach of equilibrium, harmony and monotony...as known as - Life. Ironically, my daily experiences constantly drag me back down to this same old statement! In order to live, we need to fight with our own Thanatos, which doesn't necessarily need to be the urge for death, but simply - the desire to rot, rust and sink into our own shit.
Here's a surprisingly good random example:
And THAT'S how we get old! Through life of fear of change!
My favorite quote for a finale: "And then one day you find, ten years have got behind you, no one told you when to run. You missed the starting gun!" -Pink Floyd
2 comments:
I don't know about you, but I LOVE HOMEOSTASIS. I would do anything to get to live that way - just put my feat up on the table outside on the green grass, and bitch about everybody else. That's the LIFE. My goal! I mean it! If you are there already, I truly envy you!
Hadn't seen this comment before. Who the fuck are you anyway, Anonymous? And how is it possible that you can't even spell 'feet' right??? Go live in your shit then. Your comment patronizes ignorance as a virtue. Seems to me you already got there!
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