Javon's+Philosophy

=Guiding Question:= What divides a group of people?? = Philisophy Statement: =

 **My philosophy is that humankind are incredibly self-absorbed. We have good intentions toward others, but what we truly search for in life is a kind of self satisfaction that comes with a selfish price. We make scenarios to be about us and manipulate situations we like to include ourselves, when we were never rightfully invited. We have journeys and life experiences that we endure to find our true selves, but we isolate ourselves from others in doing so. These qualities divide people because we don't work together to achieve a common goal, but rather work seperately to reach our personal satisfaction. What I think people need to do is achieve a balance, being able to be admired for behaving in society as well as being able to retain your individuality. **

= = =media type="youtube" key="urKMteEeBl8" height="344" width="425"= UTOPIA LYRICS:

I blink my eyes and then it happens again I lose my way but I discover a friend Its a typical day on the road to utopia

I walk along until my feet are sore I rest a minute then I walk some more Theres no time to delay on the road to utopia

And my destination is the unknown But Im never far away from my home

It shines like laser light Its in my dreams at night cause Ive been all my life On the road to utopia

I will be there to share your tragedy I know that you would do the same for me Its no trouble at all on the road to utopia

When day is over and Im trying to sleep It comes so easy cause Im not counting sheep I am counting the smiles on the road to utopia

And I may lose my way again and again But Ill cross that borderline in the end

Trouble trouble trouble whirling all about But if we stick together we can stick it out Will we ever find the loves we lost again Does this crazy journey ever have an end

And will I find what Im after Do I know what Im after Guess Ill join in the laughter On the road to utopia 

= = = = = = = = =Poem:=   There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that imitation is suicide, That he must take himself for better or worse, as his portion, That he must do all that concerns him, not what the people think, Speak what he thinks in hard words, To be misunderstood in solitude to live after his own

So shall be misunderstood, Whoso would be a man as a nonconformist, It contradicts everything today in the world, The virtue most requested is conformity, A nonconformist is its aversion to society

He hears voices of himself in solitude, In the midst of a crowd he keeps independence in solitude, These voices grow faint and inaudible, As this dismal shade seperates him from the world, This vow will suffer him, So far as no mortal eye see it withdrawn.

   It's a mental disorder which opressed him, this darkenss settles on roofs and walls, If he would be alone, let him look at the stars, to the legend of a life more benedight.



The twilight darkens, let the sun-defy in its deep ravines, which I can compare to no earthly sensation, Let the habit of that virtue so much weaken, and its opposite, conformity, strengthen.

It requires bravery and open mindedness, it requires courage and strength, to leave this miserable obscurity forever,

For a good man is hard to find, to rise above this black veil, to relinquish creativity, and still retain "normal" visions for the world, or nothing new will ever be created.

Create a utopia, both "no place" and "good place", both nonconformist and conformity, break free of the stern agony, and shroud, and bitter darkness, go forth under the open sky, rise to the heavens above, give him your soul, and leave thy name, thine individual being, to mix forever with the elements.



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