CCASIONALLY I feel like as though we are witness to an ethical corruption. There is a thriving industry out there that takes advantage of people being drunk or stranded. In other circumstances, social weaknesses are to be blamed, in what can only be described as ‘cattle effect. I’ll present a couple of examples.

Airports charge a lot for food from hungry people whose access to outside shops is fictional at best. These foods can have their price elevated beyond the standard rates. This includes large chains of junk food, whose price should be moderated and remain relatively consistent. Yet, their price can sometimes match that of a fine restaurant in an airport and the same rules apply to other ‘exotic’ locations like pricy resorts. Such obscene prices are tolerated owing to the lack of alternatives; the lack of choice.

Cash machines are another example. Some of them charge extra fees for withdrawals (commission) and that often exploits nights out and ‘alcohol sprees’. This extra fee is reminiscent of the existence of gambling machines that benefit from the state of one’s mind, which is possibly under the influence of alcohol.

Lastly, and on to a point which is equally important, there are example which could become generic examples in their own rights. Fashion continously changes to encourage people to buy new clothes and replace the old ones. Showing and boasting the ‘hip effect’ culture (okay, I’ll use the word “cool”) in reference to cars, lifestyle et cetera is another factor. It urges people to expend money on a variety of unneeded luxuries. Christmas is finally said to be more of a necessity to motion in industry than it is a religious holiday. But on we live, and on we spend. Industry is led to a state of contentment.

work on nostalgic memos quite frequently when I travel. I look back at my life, my childhood in particular. Certain memories are simply eroded as time goes by and the only way to preserve these memories is by writing permanent, detailed notes (or taking photos, videos and and the like).

The other possibility is to carry on living in the ‘adult world’, completely forgetting what cannot possibly contribute to the future, yet still represents an age of freedom and carelessness. Some memories are better left behind and forgotten, but without memory of one’s family and age of innocence, this riddance from invaluable memories is like throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Take a moment to remember; every now and then…

N interesting collection of observations: People like to mock others and identify their weaknesses. Children have no restraints, so they can be cruel at times. Adults will never truly like a person, a rival especially, as much as at the time of death. The exception are those who fail in life and lead to a feeling of self-worth to those who surround them. Regarding that last venturous statement, it is a proverb I have recently heard. The context is typically the fact that rarely do we hear a bad word about a deceased person. It still is a taboo.

‘You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth!”

ARTICULAR behavioural patterns (exclusively in humans) can become rather intriguing. In support, for instance, sometimes you give people an honest answer and that answer is not what they were wishing to hear. They then attempt to challenge your analysis, of which you are certain. Hopefully for them, eventually this analysis will be changed or at the least softened. The adamant mind does not permit for inner conflicts.

Finally, that ‘status-quo’ suits their wishful thinking, so the answer becomes a reality or sometimes stands, at least in their own stubborn minds. It is a deliberate obfuscation of the truth, from which many are fearful. This explains many bad habits and detriments in society: design choices, war, smoking.

Let us learn to listen, to accept and to embrace.