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To know , or to follow.


We seek to know, or do we seek to follow?

We see the things around us and conform

We hear the words around us and agree

We change our opinions to fit the peoples we think we want to fit in with

and we become a part of the system.

The system of following. 

Blindly being led by the endless obstruction of one trying to be like the next.

Of one so scared of being thought of as "different", no thought or action occurs without first thinking "will I be judged?"

but who is that next person to judge when they fear the judgment of the one they are following?

it has become an endless pattern, for who knows the ultimate source of what we see as "right"

you look to me, I look to him, he looks to her... 

Is anyone truly a leader?

We seek to know, or do we seek to follow?

 

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