The Perfect Façade

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There is a well crafted world out there. If by chance we have entered into it then most probably we will feel strong impulse of ambition, zeal to "do something great", being better, improving ourselves, being competitive and the feelings we deem necessary for progressing in the contemporary environment. This entices us to work harder, get good grades, apply for pay rise, chase for a better partner and to encapsulate - pursue a 'better' life. A fine thing then? What's wrong? It is only good if people want to improve themselves and are willing to work harder. It's very 'religious' to be content with what we have anyways. Religions all over the world have disdained ambition because it makes one discontent with his/her life so it's better that we unsubscribe from religious doctrines and adjust into the new arrangement of things - Work hard or remain unhappy. I believe much of what we experience is fabricated and a design to enslave our lives, our decisions and in the end to empower not us but those who 'help' us to achieve our 'ambitions'. Hence, in an attempt to unveil the glimmering life we project in our minds in the hope of attaining it in the future, I wish to write three posts covering the entire message I wish to convey. Get ready for something 'new'!
I wish to project a light onto "The Perfect Facade."

Part 1 - Ambition - Great or Grotesque? (5th May, 2020)
Part 2 - Perfection (16th May, 2020)
Part 3 - In Progress...

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