Everyone has got somewhere to go and if you’re in their way, you’re holding them back from where they need to go, and you’re simply an obstacle because; they deserve and are entitled to get where they need to go, and they don’t even take into consideration that you are on the road, that we all have somewhere we need to go, that we all have somewhere we need to be at a certain time. They just believe they have a right for you to get out of their way’.
Some people might argue that oh – We shouldn’t blow our trumpet by portraying ourselves in such a positive light because it is a sign of pride and arrogance. We are trying to be humble and that’s why most people don’t really qualify themselves as such – but, that’s not the real truth. It’s not about humility or modesty because, even when those latter qualifiers are valid, even when it’s necessary to mention them, people would still not readily qualify themselves in that manner.
In an expressive individualistic society like ours, looking beyond ourselves implies that there is a greater cause than us, and in this case, a greater being. It implies that someone stands above us and can exert some form of authority or claim on our lives or what it’s supposed to be about and we are not having that. Therefore, we resist any such reality or claims of moral authority and we charge against concepts or institutions that we perceive demands anything from us.
With such a widespread individualistic mentality present in our society, it is easy to assume that people are now a lot less religious. Well not really. Religiosity doesn’t exactly disappear; rather, we panel beat religiosity into whatever shape we want it to take with little or no regard for what it’s supposed to be. We essentially practice a Christianity or Islam of convenience.
Interestingly, expressive individualism does not always empty the church of its members. It sometimes just fills the pews with people who see their church attendance simply as another expression of their own identities and an aid in their own pursuit of self-satisfaction and happiness.
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