The natural course of life is to decay. Nature degenerates. One thing is certain above all else in life, we will all die! It is impossible for anything in this life to live forever! From all perspectives, in every example life dies.
A man may start out with a high standard, a goodly goal and wonderful aim but in time, if indeed he can keep these, he himself will pass away and in time the standards he set will fall, his goal will be ditched for an easier one and His wonderful aim will be turned to greed and bad intent. This is evidently a Historical trend of human endeavor. This is natural life leading its own course. We can trust men but in time they will let us down or pass on. We can trust ideologies but in time they will become irrelevant. We can trust in traditions but in time we will find that they are empty and powerless.
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