It seems likely that humanity has fought for ignorance. Humanity has fought for a time where life was more certain and we had time to focus on little things.

It seems likely that every army was risen to defend the integrity of the soldier's children. It seems likely that every technology was developed to allow humanity to have more yield for less work. It seems likely that every step was taken towards a life of ease.

Yet we are there now. The developed countries of this world fight not for food but for luxuries. We fight for smaller things day by day. People even begin ridiculing the significance of life. If you think life is worthless, go live in isolation, in a place with no help from the outside world. Perhaps then you may realize how far humanity has come.

Do good guys finish last? Do good guys get girls after they're through with all the jerks, assholes and pricks in the world? Do good guys get taken for granted and forgotten?

Perhaps yes, perhaps no.

If a person will be there for you whenever you need them,
you will turn to them when you have no one else to turn to.

If a person will hold you and say it's okay,
you will turn to them when you feel sad.

If a person will always love you no matter what,
you will do whatever you want knowing they will always love you.

There is no loss in mistreating a nice guy. There is no loss in neglecting the one that will never neglect you. There is no loss in treating him as a backup plan.
There is only the social injustice and the absolute faggotry of it.

Perhaps when they finally leave you will realize you have lost a vital asset. Perhaps when they finally leave you will realize the mistake you have made.

Or could you pass your whole life and blind to those who will not forsake you. Could you live your life and only at your final breath realize who they really were?

According to a psychology textbook I picked up off a strange strange desk, there are two ways to cope with stress. There is problem-focused coping and there is emotion-focused coping.

Problem focused coping is where a person tries to fight, remove or compromise the problem or cause of stress in order to cope with it. Emotion focused coping is where a person alters their perception of the problem or scenario in order to cope.

Typically, a person will at first attempt to use Problem focused coping and then resort to Emotion focused coping.

However I wonder, what would a person do when they can neither remove the problem or alter their perceptions? What would be their next line of defense? Will they resort to the guidance of another person or will they find something else, perhaps a change in environment or a fortress of solitude?

I would find a fortress of solitude. Problems are catalysts for more problems. They can cause problems for others without being consumed in the process. When a person under stress tells another about said problem, issues of concern, worry and other second hand negative thoughts emerge. That person themselves then has to fight new problems whilst helping the original victim.

A fortress of solitude would be a place of internal mediation. A place where a person can reflect. Like superman in a crystalline fortress, there is, I hope, a place to everyone which they can find salvation in. For me it would be a rock face in the Australian Bush, surrounded by hostile flora. The world seems to reflect and the late night fires burning in the caves engraves new motivation.

The problems of the world simply slip...away..

So where is your fortress of solitude?

When is it time to give up? Is it when it is when you no longer hold any desire to continue or is it when the thing you desire is no longer there? Is it when you've forgotten what you want or is it when you realize the thing you want never existed?

If we were to give up at every trough, at every fall then where would that take us? It would leave the world as a story of perfect records and stories of quitters - stories of desertion.

Hope is what heroes hold. Hope is what heroes fight for. And it is the role of each and every hero to find hope where it cannot be seen. It is up to each and every hero to smell the scent of victory through the stench of defeat. It is up to each and every hero to fight and strive when all else have fallen.

It is also up to each and every person to become a hero. It is not a trait which is hereditary nor is it bestowed upon someone. It is a status that a person can choose to take. A style of life. Perhaps...my style of life.

Is give them hope.

Last summer I was on a cruise liner from Auckland to Sydney, via Christchurch and Hobart. It lasted 14 days and on that boat I met one of the wisest people in my life. He taught many people on that boat many things.

We were in a small enclosed room on the cruise boat. We had something close to 7 people in the room and we were all packed like sardines. It was just for the night but in a room with no natural lighting at all, time has no meaning. Time revolved around our energy, not the positioning of the Earth.

And he spoke. He told us of things which we saw day to day but never really understood or took notice of. His final point, and the summary point is - The cruelest thing a girl can do to a guy is to give them hope.

Guys can be relentless entities. Our 'lack of emotions' often translates to an abnormally large emotional strength and a solidity that will never rot. When a girl gives a guy hope, he will go for her. Every part of his body will say "go for her, she likes you". When he moves forward and returns her signals, he will not wait until he get's a return.

If the girl were to stop, and turn around and walk away, the guy will chase after her. The guy can chase for a long time. An exceptionally long time. And until another more 'suitable' girl were to come up or if the tides of time turn red, he will not give up.

If the guy were to come to terms with himself and stop and let her walk away, let him do so. For if you stop him, the process will repeat itself.

This is a timely process. This endless spiral can last forever. It will never end. And in the frail middle age period of the guys life, he will realize his life has been wasted and a bitter taste will enter his mouth.

So don't fuck with guys. Guys are told relentlessly not to toy with girls yet apparently girls do not know that guys follow the same principles.

What happens when you screw up?

In every successful society, in every successful world. Something holds it together in harmony ,peace and efficiency. More often than not, this "together" is either a living person or entrusted within a living person. Sometimes they're the leader at first glance, the well dressed person with an air of authority. Sometimes that's so subtle in this way that no one realizes their significance until they're gone. The type which preserves good spirit, the type that stays quiet and calm. The one that will always pat someone's back and smile.

All hope is entrusted in them and should they fall... who would save them? Who would save that one person or the rest of his society? What if the social body had grown entirely dependent on that one person's omnipresence that he is the sole pillar of the house?

...I'd make the world have no pain.

No one can ever live their life without hearing this saying. Every child that has known pain will wish that the world doesn't have it. Throughout many people's lives, this thought remains prevalent.

But pain is a symptom. It is a sign from yourself to tell you that you require help. Everyone seems to forget this.

If there was no pain, we would never know when something was wrong. Without knowing when something was wrong, how could we possible fix any problems in life?

Some believe that when in pain and they try but cannot fix the problem that they should give up and succumb to the pain. Perhaps this is a sign that they are not trying hard enough. As pain increases or prolongs, people are willing to sacrifice more. Few would enter a chemical coma if they got a paper-cut but many would take it if they had something critical.