This world is full of people chasing things that will dissolve. Wealth, status, and power all collapse in the end. The billionaires who corrupt policy and buy influence will be remembered as addicts. Their greed will consume them. The mediocre, who indirectly or directly follow blindly without questioning, will fade into irrelevance. Both groups are trapped in the same delusion. The absurd conscious or subconscious idea that external accumulation can outlast the limits of time.
Nothing lasts. Not wealth, not privilege, not authority. Not even the bodies that carry us. The corruption that transferred trillions upward while leaving billions behind cannot be undone. The collapse is visible for anyone willing to see. Yet most remain distracted, pacified, and dependent, still waiting for rescue that will never come.
Nothing external secures meaning. No amount of control, consumption, or manipulation changes the fact that it all ends. The billionaires who believe they can buy immortality are as delusional as the masses who believe propaganda will protect them. Both are exposed by the same reality. Time reduces everything to nothing.
What matters is how you live while you have the chance. Strength of character matters. Integrity matters. Discipline matters. Courage matters. Clarity matters. These are the only real assets. Everything else is a meaningless passing act. The corrupted and the complacent will eventually face the same end. Their illusions will be stripped away.
So... I choose to live in alignment now. To act with character. To avoid the shallow traps of greed, ego, and false comfort. I don’t need illusions. I need reality. Nothing lasts, but how you live defines the quality of the only life you have.
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