Conjectures of Sagging Values

Conjectures of Sagging Values

When I was in my early 20’s , I wondered how people can be so evil despite their age. I wondered how young people are a lot better than the adults despite their minimal life experiences. I wondered why their experiences in life had not been a stepping stone to shape their morality and values. They should know. Because they’re grown-ups.

But at this point, it is also the same nagging reason why they step to the dark side. They are grown-ups. I mean, we are grown-ups.

I don’t know when this started. I am not sure what triggered me to be what I am now. Maybe it happened five months ago when I met this guy or maybe, it happened when I was 8 years old, then it just builds up. It might have began from my boring dates and the heartaches, or the restrictions I had for the entire 25 years of existence. I was not allowed to have a boyfriend , and like other Filipino teenagers, I had a curfew. I was a bird kept in a cage. And when I was freed, I couldn’t stop.

I am naturally curious. I don’t follow rules because experience doesn’t thrive on following them. Fun is elusive if you become too rigid. Fun and a hella loads of experience create memories and drive your life. The problem is that I am also naturally emotional. I easily get attached . Instead of having fun, I invest my attention and time to whatever and whoever treats me special. This is branching out, sorry. So, let me divulge you my conjectures on how age sags our values:

1. The bad experiences are hardwired in our brain. Those have shaped us and there’s no escape but to be worse.

What’s the sense of being good if life is bad? Then when you thought that you’ve had enough, another problem has smacked you hard. It sucks to stay nice and virtuous. Tiring, even.

2. We are all naturally curious and temptations are lurking everywhere. We are preys of worldly desires- money, sex and fame, to name some.

3. It is easier to give in to the devil.

4. Being evil is a trend. Research says that in this digital world, evil is even better than a mediocre. Mediocres are a nobody, whereas evils are liked, followed and worshipped.  Since this is ‘in’,  the pressure to conform is powerful.

5. We are surrounded with bad people. Environmental hazards, fyi. LOL

6.  We lack self –control.

7. We don’t pray. We lost our faith and direction.

8. We believe that we cannot change.

9. Evil is more fascinating. Horror, suspense, thriller movies sell a lot. Goodness is restrictive and boring. The more you adhere to rules, the greater your innate evil is to expose itself.

I can go more and more. But when you’ve come to the point where you can rationalize bad deeds, that’s when you know you are losing your values. I think I am.