The truth about 'haves' and 'have nots'

What a peculiar thing it is to be human –

all we know is what we perceive …

and all of that is rooted in the past.

Stars millions of light years away

or registering our own thoughts

are little different in that regard.

Even in the ever-dying and re-emerging ‘present’,

our very conscious awareness

is a solipsistic reconstruction of former events.

Regardless, some are consumed by manipulating others

while some strive valiantly to create a better future

for its own sake (whether ‘haves’ or ‘have nots’).

Some valiantly strive to create a better future

for themselves and others …

something perhaps even Pilate recognized.

Maybe, too, Pilate’s reasoning –

“Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια” (“What is truth?”) –

might be read differently.

It could be that he meant,

“That existence is faultless” –

but it is moot.

The answer to such postulation is in the past

and unknowable now …

just as it was then.

History – recorded or otherwise –

demonstrates the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’

all end up the same (whether a Pilate, Judas or Jesus).

So too, in the future (as in the past),

those experiencing eudaimonia in the form of welfare, happiness and a health mind

may thank their lucky stars – and continue helping the ‘have nots’.