In the Marines it was made abundantly clear to me on my first day in the fleet that this is no place for friendship… It is just business… Now I (we) want people to praise and honor me as a veteran… Why…? It was just business…
I have an Associate’s degree, a Bachelor’s degree, and a Master’s degree… Each school that I had attended the professors made it abundantly clear that teaching is not about learning… It is just business… Now I just received an Alumni invitation to come praise and honor one of the retiring professors… Why…? It was just business…
Mr. and Mrs. Smith are praised and honored for their philanthropy… Why…? Philanthropy is just business… The kings of Silicon Valley and Social media are praised and honor for their charity… Why…? Charity is just business…
Religion is just business… Relationships are just business… Self-Improvement… Mental Health… Addiction… Depression… Hell, even Family… Is just business… What does it say that if I want to learn Leadership, Synergy, Integrity, Communication and Connection, and being Successful…, I go to the business section of the book store… It is just business…
It is just business…
In Character Profiling Humanities is the fifth virtue… Humanities is a necessary strength to support and progress the final virtue of Transcendence (To become more)… But Humanities is difficult to master… To master Humanities one must be strong in Altruism for the sake of caring… One must be strong in Social Intelligence and Collaboration for the sake of unity and progress… One must be strong in Forgiveness for the sake of change… And one must be strong in Respect for the sake of understanding… Mastering Humanities is first to be Human… But why…?
Humans are the only animal… The only living thing on the planet… That has no defined purpose… Why would a creator (whichever you claim) create something unless it could contribute to creation… Contribute to life…? As Humans we have the ability to completely destroy a creation of life… We have the ability to destroy Life… History has made it abundantly clear that it is just business…
But… As Humans we also have the ability to completely restore the creation we have destroyed… We as Humans have the ability to do what Life cannot do on its own… We can Transcend Life… We can take Life to new places… We as Humans have the ability… Perhaps the purpose… To allow Life… To become more…
Mastering Humanities is also to embrace Humans… This is by far a struggle in dissonance… We are born without the ability to see ourselves… Thus our first visual imprint of ourselves is that of what we see as others… What if what we see are faces of just business… What if we do not like that just business…, is what we look like…
I want to reach the final virtue of Transcendence… I want Humans to reach this final virtue… But as of yet I am finding it difficult to first master Humanities…
AnOddBox topic: I grow tired of caring… Perhaps it is time to make it just business… Is it just business…?
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Thank you,
Ronald E. Crampton, MA, LAC, LPC
AV Treatment Services, LLC dba
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