Sometimes, when people around you have heated arguments or quarrels, how do you react? There are times when I really don't understand why people quarrel. At times, I question the purpose of the quarrel/argument. How do such arguments/quarrels arise? Is there a way to prevent them from happening?

What is it that either one of them can't compromise or give in? Why must one thing always lead to another and the quarrel never ends, and the past always brought up eventually? Why is it that man cannot live without his/her past? Insecurity? Pride? Or is it because man are made imperfect and everything has to be imperfect? When one doesn't quarrel/argue, they will feel weird, strange? No conflict = No peace? Why?

Can we, from young see the mistakes adults make and learn from them? Or will we be subconsciously influenced by them? But man being man, all the more we'll want to taste the forbidden fruit. Didn't they say that forbidden fruits always taste sweeter? But how true is that? Look at Adam and Eve, they had everything, but eventually sinned and defied God when curiosity/temptation got the better of them. They threw away what seemed to be an eternal life of blessings, for something temporal. And what about Lot's wife? The Angel told her not to turn back, but she did and ultimately, turned into a pillar of salt. Why? Could all these have been avoided if man chose to obey, follow instructions and not rebel?

What is it that we're all afraid of? When people say they cannot let go - be it pride, the past or whatever that's stopping them from moving on, moving forward, how often is it true? We can let go, but we only choose to tell ourselves we cannot let go. We all know very well that holding on to something that isn't going to aid us in the future, or help us in anyway is meaningless. Why do people still choose to do it?

Just like Faustus, he chooses to see what he wants to see. "The wages of sin is death." That's all he read. What he didn't read/see was the next sentence, "but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." He continued to live a life of sin and eventually sold his life to Lucifer. He never wanted to repent although he did cry out to God repeatedly in the text. What did he want? He wanted the best of both worlds (So typical of man). He wanted the love of God, the blessings of God, to go to Heaven, but he also wanted whatever the world could give him. To him, it was a bargain. He's telling God, "God. I can give my life to you if only I can have this and that." He keeps proclaming that it's too late for him to repent but we all know that it's never too late to repent.

Why do people knowingly know it's wrong but choose to do something that is wrong? Why do people like to live a life of regrets? Why do people only regret when something happens? Is there a thrill in doing that? Or are we just all trying to run away? I don't know. I honestly don't..

We know what we shouldn't do, yet we choose to do so.
We know what we should do, yet we refuse to do so.

What are we? Living paradoxs?

Staring into the Abyss,