This Can't Be Life

The question: is there more to life than the rat race? Is it simply about living by the standards and notion of others. It can't be because that is the epitome of enslavement. The idea that society is a prison for the individual as it forces us to live in a way that deters us from ever discovering who we truly are. No wonder people seek forms of escape whether through excessive partying or drug use. If the measures of escape are not this extreme, we still must acknowledge that the masses are relatively detached from reality. This is what desperate people resort to when they are denied freedom. Sadly,the things that are defined as freedom simply become another vice that entangles the souls and minds of the masses. The idea of the party becomes the point of life. Then our next question is: how do we get free from a way of life that breeds discontent and relative unhappiness? It would seem that, at some point, we must stand and highlight an alternate way. We must challenge what has always existed if we expect to usher in something new. I desperately desire to see the masses living a life that produces happiness. We all deserve to not only live, but to thrive. Humans are built for more than just survival, and when life become nothing more than something to be survived, then we have a problem.