Moral throught the Compass of Time

There is nothing that I read that does not make me explore

my feelings, the message or just my curiosity

That being said...I was reading a post on my feed

it was from a distance relative but we're not friends so I couldn't respond

or maybe it was good because it contained one of those

personal buttons that should not be pushed in public

So much, so very much of what we believe or what we think

should not ever be put out in public in black and white

sure you can delete when you realize that it was not a necessary

opinion in the world of a million and one opinions a minute

but then the WTF kicks in and you just want to take a stand

for what I am not sure but your fingers itch as the hover

Morality is tossed around as a 'thing' - is it a thing or is it even

something that can be assigned a definition

"concerned with the principles of right and wrong behavior

and the goodness or badness of human character"

Of course, you find morality in fiction, in movies and the lips

of those who believe they are morality checkers

When did one's behavior start to be defined as good or bad

Certainly if you walk up to someone and kill them

you might be considered to have a bad moral basis but

we train millions of people to kill, we come from an ancestral

pool where killing was acceptable, where be strong and cold

meant that you were powerful and good

Morality is alive and well
but despite the fact that it is used in many ways
morality is something that each of us must define for ourselves
and yet I find if you just do what comes naturally that
you don't have to define it for the smug, sanctimoniously
people will assign you a place on their compass of judgement

If you do it, accept it
If you do it, take responsibility for it
If you do it, don't explain it
If you do it, accept that some will not accept it
Follow your own compass for it is yours and yours alone.


barb