Winchel

Existential crisis. When you're a kid you question everything.

"Dad, why do you go to work?
To pay the bills.

Why do you pay the bills?
To keep living in our house.

Why do we want to keep living here?"


That's the basic question "Why" but it's not just why it's, Why do human's do the things they do? Why DO they want to live in the circumstances they live in? or why do they continue to live in the circumstances they live in. Especially when the circumstances are horrible. Slavery, Abuse, Prison, Monotony, Friendless, Handicapped, Alone. Hope... such small things give people hope. Conditions may be miserable, but if there is one thing that a person can latch onto  there is reason, there is purpose to keep going. I’m reminded of the study done with mice. They were put in a bucket of water left to tread the water for an extended period of time. In one bucket a single mouse was taken out one time per hour for a few minutes then put back in. The other bucket was left alone. All of the mice in the first bucket survived and all of the mice left alone gave up. So, what give human beings hope? A child hopes to grow up. A youth hopes for companionship. Singles hope for love. Professionals hope for success. Elderly hope to be remembered.