Living in a society

Since we were not the first man, we were born to find this world already inhabited. Be it in civilized big cities or small desert villages. A baby born and thrown away will eventually die if he or she is not rescued by a society that brings him/her up.

As an adult, one might decide to live alone. An isolated house far away from villages with his little agriculture and livestock. But even then, he would have to visit the village when he is very sick, a famine might knock on his door or he might need to buy something that will make a certain work easy in his isolated life. In his isolation, there must be discipline to maintain his chosen way of life. Taking care of his livestock, house and prepare for mild natural disasters that might come his way.

The isolation, is a way of finding peace, escaping rules and taking refuge from the inconveniences of unjust society. Living in a society means bumping shoulders. But rules are everywhere. They are in the discipline you keep to maintain your isolated life, and they are what you find already existing in the big or small village you find yourself in.

There are societies that have groups of leaders, others one. But all are almost the same in terms of working to the maintain the society. Developed states have got democracies, monarchies, communist systems that govern the society. You might be the one having the highest power on the society, or you could be a commoner. Your responsibility in the society is to live responsibly. If the leadership is cruel, or the society is backwards, work to help change the situation for better. If the society is good and fair, help to maintain the law that you believe in.

Families, are small governments. They only consist of the father, mother, brothers and sisters but the workings of it if seen under a magnifying glass, a close similitude can be seen. This is where it starts, we must be fair in the roots for the leaves on top to be beautifully green. We must have solid families to have a solid society, its the backbone.

Survival of a society depends so much on how it maintains itself and how it relates to other societies. Escaping the society by suicide cannot be a solution. Some immigrate to other societies that they think they can live happily in. Ignoring the politics and being passive even if they are ugly doesn't help either because whether you like it of not you are subject of the governing power. You must find a way to survive in the society as well as create ideas to develop it. Either by rising to power or convincing fellow villagers and countrymen. If you cannot, don't undermine those who do. If you cannot act, at least pass the good thought to your child. A hero might be a few generations away.

Others spur fighting back evil power and are called revolutionaries. Some use wisdom and after a period of patience, fruits of life are realized in the society.