The Beginning

We start with a philosophy of right and wrong. It begins with the simplicity of immediate impact to your happiness...if it causes pain it's wrong...otherwise it's right. Then we begin to understand the complexities of morality passed to us from our parents. That are things that cause pain, but is the right thing to do. Then as time passes we begin to develop our own sense of morality. Baseline - parents morality...changed, highlighted, adapted on the experiences we gained. Through it all there is a sense of pain...physical, mental, or emotional. We quantify the pain in our morality scale to determine how much we are willing to give up for each situation. Does that truly define our moral character? Does it truly mean we are moral because our scale matches a majority and that we are less if it matches a minority group of people. As I look at the world that my kids are growing up in, I begin to think..."have we lost our sense of morality?"...yet...what does that mean? I want them to have a sense of right and wrong. Right and wrong that shows compassion to their fellow man without causing them to lose out on the things they should fight for themselves. Where is the fine line that defines what is ok to step out to take what you want when you know it causes some detriment to someone else? It is true for every person that steps ahead of the pack there are many more that are pushed behind. Some are happy in that arena behind the leaders. They support and they are the true strength.