A Second Thought – Column by Teresa Balanesi
Why would someone depart from their family or group they were brought up with or integrated to?
Most of us have encountered, at some point in life, a tragic or unexpected parting of ways from a person or group we had once formed deep and familial ties. A disagreement, a growing away from, or a desire to seek out new adventure are some reasons that ways are parted.
The same is true of the wolf pack. Members find conflict with leadership or other members; a young wolf strikes out to fulfill the desire to create a new pack and wanderlust can push one from the comfort of a deeply connected pack.
Usually the pack will ‘disbar’ the leaving member. Survival is a compelling and driving factor for much of creation. The purpose of a group is to secure survival, so it is natural that when one leaves the group, they are not entitled to remain in the territory of the former pack.
In humans, teenagers are a great study to the “cult”-ture. Small children do not have the perspective, judgment, nor ability to execute their ideas about such things. Elders who remain in a weak or broken pack have abandoned independent thought and are complicit to the misdirection of their pack.
Understanding why this is true goes back to the fact that nature does not lie, but people do, and sometimes motives are not immediately clear.
Loners, those with the ability to strike out alone away from the pack and the reasoning to do so, can be perceived as courageous, defiant, weak, or deficient by not being able to fully integrate to a healthy or unhealthy pack. “Weak” or “odd” is a common perception – something is “wrong” with a loner. While that can be true, it is not always. Labeling without understanding is convenient for those who chose ignorance. When we see someone turning away, we should evaluate why.
While much derision in society is orchestrated with a calculated hand (reference 45 Goals of the Communist Party as read into the United States of America Congressional Record in 1963 and Behold a Pale Horse by Milton Cooper as two historical reference), it bears upon us to evaluate and address what is going on.
It is astounding that, in just a few short years, we as a people have allowed ourselves to slip into chaos and destruction. Society has squarely placed our children on an alter of sacrifice: the future is at stake.
If society is broken, the lone wolf must defect from the dystopian society. Nature provides the example. The pack deserves to be left.
A serious look at the movie “The God’s Must be Crazy,” the original television series “Twilight Zone,” or the movie “Into the Wild,” can put much of this into perspective as relevant and appropriate theory.
The loner in today’s world does a better job seeing things for what they really are. A vantage point, on higher ground from the pack, allows them a place of greater scope and contemplation.
In reaching for the truth, loners often degrade into anger and pity. Rebellion should not be in vain or without cause. The choices made should be to change society into something just and true. It must come from a place of love and respect. Without love and respect and true justice, the sick cycle continues. Antifa is a current example of orchestrated rebellion, fueled in hate and destruction. It results in more destruction.
The reasons behind what we do, or don’t do, is everything. In our humanity, the virtues of vigilance, honesty, integrity, and justice done in love must be sought after for the health and well-being of our species.
If there can be no greater love than we lay down our life for another, then we must be compelled to mend our people. When we step outside of ourselves to find higher ground and to contemplate, we are forced to ask: “Am I ignorant? Am I complicit?”
When we fulfill the greatest commandment to love our Creator and our brothers, the world drastically changes for the good.
