Essay] Opinions on essay please

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Hello everyone, this is my first time on
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Anyway, I wrote this essay at work today, I dont think it came out too bad but I just wanted other peoples thoughts. Thanks.

*portions with this are from the TV show heroes (season 3 episode 13)

“On the sixth day, God created Man in his own image. Now it’s up to us
to figure it all out. Right... wrong… good… evil. In each of us is the
capacity to decide what drives our actions. So what is it, then, that
makes some choose selflessness, the need to devote themselves to
something greater, while others know only self-interest, isolating
themselves in a world of their own making? Some seek love, even if
unrequited, while others are driven by fear and betrayal. There are
those who see their choices as dark proof of God’s absence while others
follow a path of noble destiny. But in the end, good, evil, right or
wrong… what we choose is never what we really need. For that is the
ultimate cosmic joke. The real gift that God has left behind.”*

Humans, since the point where we evolved the capacity to regard things
with empathy, have always wondered what makes right or wrong. Who is
the one to decide when something is permissible, what makes good and
evil. This is the duality of life that all sentient beings face. Some
people turn to deities. A divine mystical and ever present force is
responsible for guiding you toward salvation. While you are taught that
ideas that go against this code is the spawn of some chaotic being that
will only lead you into darkness. Some don’t see things in such a fine
line of black and white. In situations where blind faith is not enough,
people rely on instinct, wisdom, and guidance to mold their lives. The
first law of human nature is self preservation, and this is the key
that determines our survival. But what are we to do when we have to
make a choice. Kill one to save a thousand, sacrifice ones beliefs in
order to stay alive, or even for the greater good. Regardless of how
you see the world, thru the looking glass, everyone must make a choice
at some point that goes against what they believe in.

Growing up, I have always looked towards the heroes and villains of
fictitious stories for guidance. People that look, sound, and act like
any one of us, are given overwhelming power and are burdened with the
responsibility of being gods amongst men. This is what the majority of
us look for in life. A calling, destiny, fate. We all want something to
call our own, and use it to shape the world, make a difference, or
become a part of history. Sometimes others want more for us than we
want for ourselves, and we never reach our full potential. Skating by
on the wings of ‘what if’ and delusions of grandeur. Some people are
content with second best, elated that someone is making a difference.
They choose to sit in the gallery and watch as life and people
progress. Some do not take this lightly. Anger, fear, hate, and self
loathing. Second best will never be good enough and they harden their
heart and give into self satisfying interest and endeavors in order to
achieve the greatness they yearn for. Blind to the fact that they are
actually becoming something different then they intended.

What is one to do when they are born into a chaotic environment? Evil
is not birthed, it is created and anyone born into these circumstances
knows this all to well. When all that stands around you are famine,
violence or prejudice, how does someone cope with no standard moral
foundation. To survive in such surroundings once must become part of
the status quo. Since the times of hunter gatherers we as a species
have needed group mentality to survive.
But there is still chance for redemption. Empathy, although it has not
fully evolved to a point that is outside of arms reach, is still one of
the biggest mechanisms when a choice must be made. Like a phoenix being
reborn from ashes, even the most hard pressed man who has seen the
worst life has to offer can become more than his environment allows.
Can become what we all look to as a shining example of what anyone
should strive for. The evil in anyone’s heart can be overcome by the
goodness in their head.

“There is good and there is evil… right and wrong… heroes and villains.
And if we’re blessed with wisdom, then there are glimpses between the
cracks of each where light streams through. We wait in silence for
these times when sense can be made… when meaningless existence comes
into focus, and our purpose presents itself. And if we have the
strength to be honest, then what we find there staring back at us is
our own reflection, bearing witness to the duality of life. That each
of us is capable of both the dark and the light… of good and evil… of
either, of all. And destiny, while marching ever in our direction, can
be rerouted by the choices we make. By the love we hold onto and the
promises we keep.”*

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