Boiling and burning the rock isnt good enough,we are the rock.So the man manipulated the town into taking his no good rock and making it into a tasty meal.Is the feeling of being a no good rock like a blank canvas something that should build our personality?
The traveling man in the tale of stone soup used the rock to gain what he wanted. The rock if it could be capable of cognitive thought could have trusted him,but he used it and boiled and burned it as if it were nothing. The rock was his masterpiece he manipulated it so that it was empty,it had no purpose anymore so the man used the rock to gain a meal.
This is what society has come to today,citizens will do what ever it takes to gain from others defeat. this applies to everything from wall st. to a typical high-school, its simply mind racking because now that the rest of society is aware of all this manipulation and imperfection we have gained a sense of distrust. In all of this it just causes more and more,like a cycle of negativity. The world needs its balance of optimism and negativity but with distrust most people are afraid to trust and have no optimism of trusting anyone.
My biggest fear is being someones pawn,personally it happens way to much.one moment you think they are your best and only friend; the next moment you realize you were just played like a deck of cards or the stone in the soup.so I can see that this distrust is getting to me personally, the negativity i try and trust but society has made it hard for rocks to tell villagers and rocks from the hungry traveler.
What can be done about this? take the rock out of the soup of deceit and lies and instead of letting the traveler manipulate you feed him with generosity and community so even the hungry travelers feel of distrust will fade.
