Bemused

**** Written quite a while ago, I am not nuts....anymore ****

Introduction to life as philosophy by numbers.

The premise of Philosophy by Numbers is much the same as Paint by Numbers. If you are not familiar with Paint by Numbers let me enlighten you. Each section of some children's canvas is laid out with a number that corresponds to a colour. Follow the guidelines of the pattern and you too can paint "Dog with ball". Or, for those of you more advanced, you can replicate, with shaky hand and untrained eye, the great masterpieces of Van Gogh, Picasso or Michaelangelo.

The very same can be said for life and the ways in which we live it. In each little endeavour we embark on in this journey, we are of the notion that we make the choices that ultimately form that which others will remember us by. This is simply not true.

Our canvas that we paint the picture that is our life is laid out much the same as that of "Dog with ball". While ours is more complex a pattern the foundation remains the same, in many instances of choice we will often choose that which is expected. Or, if you will, dictated. These 'choices' be they dictated by a figure of authority or social norms are not truly choices made but rather a concession to the options presented.

All too often people forego that which they want for that which is 'right'. This idea of 'right' is not always based upon the foundation of morality, but rather finds its roots in fear. This fear, though not always unfounded, is dangerous to those who abide by its presence and opt not to experience the enchantments of life but live safely within the realm of what is 'right'.