Leap of Faith

The reslience of safety

Oh gentle Sakura

As you stand and let petal fly

As if testing the wind

You open your seeds so they may fall

And find new ground to root in

But gentle Sakura

You have so many petals

If you slowly go through them all

and test the wind and their fall

And wait too long to drop your seeds

The ground will get too moist and be full of weeds

Take the leap, the unknown dive

the embodiment of the falling petals

if you do this you'll thrive

Instead of waiting for perfection's grace

You look for promise, and turn to face

Let it drift, and find its way, into that deep unknown dive

As we hold tight in our security, we are confronted by opportunity knocking. But if opportunity is knocking, it's applied there's a door and attention to be gained; if noone answers, opportunity goes away. We hold fast to our safe ways, our laws which have governed us faithfully through the times, and to the belief that our system is in some way right and would be defaced if changed. But it is not so fragile as one would think, and it is not so marred by alteration. Our ideals which unite us under a communion are the same ideals which forge government, as ideals change to encompass new people, and as new people enter into the selection, government should be like the membrane of a cell, protecting its interior from interaction except by certain required nutrition. Reshaping and reforming to encompass the absolute extent of the variety of opinions and ideals, not just the majority or average. If laws are written to guarantee everyone's right to pursue life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, the population is much happier and more productive, as well as in control of their own system and are governmentally free.

We people are like the seeds of the tree of society, dropping around the world and forging independent identities, and giving off more seeds to populate elsewhere. It is in clinging to existing systems which have become stagnant that we begin to malfunction and deteriorate from stress. Work systems should be designed to encompass the absolute comfort, relaxation, and health of the workers; because a happy, well-educated, comfortable, healthy worker is a lot more productive. They should be inspired to seek their own direction so long as it does not impair the operation of the whole, or the operation of individuals.

We as a world society need to take a leap of faith into that great unknown, it's in our very nature, from everything we are and have ever been. That leap into the unknown is what pushes us to evolution physically, mentally, socially, and technologically. It would seem just in time that the Universe has provided a suitable chasm to cross just in our time of need. I believe an ideal leap of faith for today's world would be to sit down and work together, and put resources towards space travel. We might not know if anyone is out there, but have we ever? When Leif first hit what is now Canada or when Columbus hit what is now America? They had no idea what they were going to see or if any life or resources would exist when they arrived. They hoped for them, because such things would be interesting and deserving of more investigation, but they never knew if they would be there.

By devoting ourselves technologically and psychologically towards the ideal of spreading to the stars, the technology which would be derived as it is invented for space travel could solve much of the world's current problems such as hunger, resources, energy, and transportation. Likewise devoting ourselves psychologically to the ideal means acting in life not for survival(once guaranteed by technology or society) but for exploration, interest, intrigue, and entertainment. Some will go off to other places looking for resources, some will go off looking to live on a new exciting frontier, some will stay home and work on the challenges which face us here.

We should open the door to the new frontier and accept it willingly and whole-heartedly, as it may indeed fix many of the issues we have today.