Virtues of Survival

When you take leave of home, parting to begin the day's work, you do so with Faith. The Faith that somehow, in the grand scheme of things, today is not your last Farewell. The road just begun is always besieged by Fear. In the cold mathematical world of probabilities, there is always a chance of a random fluke event, that may change your life. Fear will have you locked in a self constructed box, avoiding interactions with the world and your peers. Fear will make individuals violent, as life is construed to be constant presumed belligerence. Fear perverts Reason, while on the road to your destination.

Your journey through the forest of life, much like Little Red Riding Hood's, is made possible by the indomitable belief that in this day's work you are protected from the arbitrary stroke. On this foundation are drawn your day's plans, with the Hope that you will prevail upon the challenges on the way. In the face of starkest hardship, your efforts are levered by Hope. Moving the mountain to reach the Emperor, sealing the deal. Fear serves the purpose of stunning victims, freezing time and preventing action, undermining Hope.

The two cardinal virtues of survival are Faith and Hope. I would like to say that they are distinguished human emotions, were they not so readily observable amongst animals of all kinds. They are Virtues of Life; in the face of adversity these must be the most prized possessions of a Nation. A rhetoric of fear will always propagate the corruption of all organisms in society, with added pressure it can bring its collapse.

Amid two wars and economic shock, America needs to revive those Virtues that have distinguished it throughout history. Amid a huge ecological shift, the world must embrace in Faith and Hope so as to cooperate in the adjustment. Corporations must find Faith and Hope, in order to catch the train on globalized eco-nomics; as well taking the Social Responsibility concept seriously. The World is the market, it must not burn. The developing world is hit hardest from all directions, ultimately it must shake the Specters of Corruption and Fear before emerging Phoenix-like.

Shocks destabilize because they cause Fear, but they are shocks because they are overcome. Through any shock, economical or otherwise, when calm will is applied, solutions are found. A shock can shake the sickly bark off a tree, allowing for the rest of the body to develop healthily- growing new branches, maybe even where there had been occasion for sickness.
So it must be now, as more nutrients must be fed into those international organisms that may be best suited to regulate the future health of a world.