quality

my father was obsessed with the difference between "first rate" and "second rate." anything he didn't like was "second rate," anything worthy was "first rate."
as time went on i got to wondering about the scale. ranking is a kind of measurement and measurement requires a scale. what is the scale from which we determine that something is "first rate" or "second rate"? it's reminiscent of the naziesque proclivity to categorize people. what is ever the purpose of that?
it turns my stomach to think that we can objectify ourselves to the point where people would rather buy a new standardized body part than experience and explore the knowledge in their own bodies. we have taken alienation to new heights.
i never meant to believe in peace. i didn't really think it was possible but i did wonder and wonder does wonderful things, curiosity is a great teacher. now sometimes i wonder how i got so lucky to create inner peace was not really a conscious choice, it was a sort of incremental change of heart from the hope that i could re-design myself away from the template i inherited from my father.