Do we or Don’t we?

Rationalization? This term has been haunting me for the past few days for reasons I cannot point my finger at but the uneasiness remains. The question that keeps arising in my mind is - Don’t human beings as a whole resort to rationalization as a tool in every decision and choice that they make in life and isn’t it that which keeps them sane. Imagine what mayhem would follow if we were to take random decisions. Wouldn’t one contradict the other? More so wouldn’t one be left wandering aimlessly in all directions?

But aren’t we deluding ourselves? Is it not so that only when we convince ourselves that the path that is untried actually doesn’t paint a rosy picture (amply helped by colleagues and friends who themselves no nothing or are maybe even at a tangent) do we feel satisfied that the path chosen is the right one . What could be more terrifying a thought that the truth of an assumed reality which we haven’t experienced. Isn’t such an existence the most morbid one that can spring for someone as evolved by God’s grace as a human being? What is then the solution to this if there is one? Isn’t innovating oneself constantly a way to move closer to a truth that is eluding us and is most of the times a fabrication of our or someone else’s imaginations ( read limited thought processes ) .But why we as human beings in the garb of society and moral values fear change ? Why do we chose a monotonous existence and are ready to accept only those who confirm to a forced reality. Why do we need to be conformists? Aren’t we moving backwards instead of progressing? The thought is saddening.

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