Modernity Skirts the Hallowed

This is a fascinating dilemma. This photo symbolizes everything that Muslims fear. It is the epic depiction of western modernity as an affront.

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Life is continually unbalanced. It oscillates between the unexpected exceptional events and the corrosive realization that I am unable to do and create such that I meet my own ideals.

Is it so wrong to have ambition in what can be accomplished in life? I find myself lost without a sense of what is undeniably valuable.

Were there no conflicts, injustice, poverty, violence or hatred in this world: HOW WOULD YOU TEACH PEOPLE TO LIVE? How do we improve the world? Where mere existence and subsistence is not enough we need a pursuit. Life must focus on: music/art/philosophy/knowledge/technology and relationships.