Fleeting Words | The Odyssey Online
Start writing a post
Politics and Activism

Fleeting Words

The heart of all things communicated.

66
Fleeting Words
Paul Risque

What is communication? Communication is the gateway that we use to understand others the very existence of society.

How can we communicate what communication is? The meaning of communication must be communicated. That must mean that the nature of communication exists within the society that uses the communication.

What does that mean? This means that society communicates to us, how we communicate. Society and its relative understandings tell us how we must communicate that there are certain words that are bad, certain actions that have certain inherent meanings that are good or bad.

Many times in society people will try to further their own egos by requiring affirmation rather than seeking understanding, the two can seem to be very similar to one another. A foolish person will ask that “those are clouds, aren’t they?” They will ask to have assurance that they have found clouds.

A wise person will ask, “Aren’t these clouds?” The wise one will continue to discover the nature of clouds, and the foolish one will continue to seek the validation of their perceived understanding.

What is the difference between these two, is there one at all? The Wise person seeks to understand truly what a cloud is, why a cloud is, and how a cloud is. The foolish seeks to discover what a cloud is so that he can feel like he can know what a cloud is.

Understanding is very similar to calculus, you can reach an understanding, approach it, but never quite get to it. You can never fully get there because that would require understanding the entire universe. That would require what it means to even understand, an understanding is an inherently relative perception that must exist, the proof of its existence, is this very idea.

So then what can we do? How we can we seek to be wise? It is by asking questions to further understand, not to asking questions to see if we are right. It is the nature of the question which is the greatest, because cruel people who are misguided will seek to further their existence over others. The true existence is the one that exists before it becomes blurred by people who wish to change it. It is the existence that we are all here together.

We are here as one, together on Earth, and this is our home. Together we must care for it, together we must seek to understand the great plague of misunderstanding that has perpetuated across the human existence sheltering those who have found a way to exploit it, and ending those who have spoken out against it.

This will be the next great leap in our existence, because if this does not happen, our existence may as very well cease to exist. The time has come, for us to come together, and when we stand together, we can change the world. When we cast aside our differences and prejudices we can work to understand one another. When we do this, work to understand one another, we can change the world.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
girl with a hat

This is for the girls who have dealt with an emotionally, mentally, physically or verbally abusive father.

The ones who have grown up with a false lens of what love is and how relationships should be. The ones who have cried themselves to sleep wondering why he hurts you and your family so much. This is for all the girls who fall in love with broken boys that carry baggage bigger than their own, thinking it's their job to heal them because you watched your mother do the same.

Keep Reading...Show less
Blair Waldorf Quote
"DESTINY IS FOR LOSERS. IT'S JUST A STUPID EXCUSE TO WAIT FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN INSTEAD OF MAKING THEM HAPPEN." - BLAIR WALDORF.

The world stopped in 2012 when our beloved show "Gossip Girl" ended. For six straight years, we would all tune in every Monday at 9:00 p.m. to see Upper Eastside royalty in the form of a Burberry headband clad Blair Waldorf. Blair was the big sister that we all loved to hate. How could we ever forget the epic showdowns between her and her frenemy Serena Van Der Woodsen? Or the time she banished Georgina Sparks to a Christian summer camp? How about that time when she and her girls took down Bart Bass? Blair is life. She's taught us how to dress, how to be ambitious, and most importantly, how to throw the perfect shade.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

11 Moments Every College Freshman Has Experienced

Because we made it, and because high school seniors deserve to know what they're getting themselves into

408
too tired to care

We've all been there. From move-in day to the first finals week in college, your first term is an adventure from start to finish. In honor of college decisions coming out recently, I want to recap some of the most common experiences college freshmen experience.

1. The awkward hellos on move-in day.

You're moving your stuff onto your floor, and you will encounter people you don't know yet in the hallway. They live on your floor, so you'll awkwardly smile and maybe introduce yourself. As you walk away, you will wonder if they will ever speak to you again, but don't worry, there's a good chance that you will make some great friends on your floor!

Keep Reading...Show less
laptop
Unsplash

The college years are a time for personal growth and success. Everyone comes in with expectations about how their life is supposed to turn out and envision the future. We all freak out when things don't go exactly as planned or when our expectations are unmet. As time goes on, we realize that the uncertainty of college is what makes it great. Here are some helpful reminders about life in college.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

Top 10 Lessons I Learned My Freshman Year

The first year of college opens your eyes to so many new experiences.

70
johnson hall
Samantha Sigsworth

Recently I completed my freshman year of college, and boy, what an experience. It was a completely new learning environment and I can't believe how much I learned. In an effort to save time, here are the ten biggest lessons I learned from my first year of college.

1. Everyone is in the same boat

For me, the scariest part of starting school was that I was alone, that I wouldn't be able to make any friends and that I would stick out. Despite being told time and time again that everyone had these same feelings, it didn't really click until the first day when I saw all the other freshman looking as uneasy and uncomfortable as me. Therefore, I cannot stress this enough, everyone is feeling as nervous as you.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments