When it comes to speeches, it is OK to be skeptical, even cynical. Some platitudes are annoying not because they are so obviously right but because they are so unobviously wrong.
This is the season of platitudes. The close of the academic year and commencement speeches, the acceleration of the election process and political speeches, and the Olympic games and media speeches are all upon us.You can be anything if you just apply yourself—you can even be president!I will fight for the American people..
Besides human beings, what other life form does this? None. Then how can this be the right formula for life? Life is hard—for all life forms. Life is full of threats. Defenses are required. By design, life is a struggle and sometimes a fight to keep the organic from becoming the inorganic. Yet, all life eventually dies. The only known real purpose of life is to protect and propagate the genetic code of life; the purpose of life is to successfully sustain life through the generations. Life is not about the me, but about the we, and particularly the very wee—our children. The rest is platitude.
What is essential for all life forms is safety. Safety provides the time and physiology for growth, regeneration, recovery, reproduction, andare found within safety. Humans have no essential need to create a false self, seek an impression of meaning and purpose, nor engage in unnecessaryor conflict to live a “good” life. These illusions of control within the metaphor of a battle lead to our many wars within ourselves and with each other, to much suffering.
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