The individual effort through life seems to me that of a grain of sand inside an hourglass.

We despise going with the flock, to lay undistinguished. For this we encourage and are encouraged to cultivate ourselves and better our judgement, through hardship and competition.

The goal? To sacrifice ourselves for the best of our loved ones, and, by consequence (or so I am told it should be) for the whole community, undistinguished.

Is there choice?