The Allegory of the Cave

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to just be okay for the rest of your life.

When we leave the cave, we have to do it ourselves. We have to be the ones who break free from the chains we’re bound to. We leave the cave and everything is so different and new. We have to slowly adjust to it but sometimes life just hits you and knocks you down once you leave the cave. Some people get scared and run back into the cave, but those who are strong will stay and experience life for what it is to its full extent. The more we go forth and live life the more pain we will go through. The more we will break. But we shouldn’t turn back and go into the cave we were once in because then we will always wonder and be trapped in fear.

When we leave the cave, we have to adjust to life and what it brings. The way we do that is one trial at a time. We overcome it. Then there’s another one, and we must overcome that too. The more we live, the more trials and hardships come our way, and the more we grow and gain knowledge. Gaining that knowledge ourselves, we end up feeling good. We also want to protect it. Because they come from your experiences. Your own experiences. That’s why you hold it in your heart so dearly. We could hear many different experiences from other people but it will never be the same as experiencing it ourselves. We won’t truly understand something until we’re gone through it ourselves.

The only time we should return to the cave is when we are helping someone out. There are many people who can’t leave by themselves. Maybe its fear, so they need a helping hand. The ones who have left the cave can help them out and give them words of wisdom. It helps those inside the cave knowing that they have someone to rely on, someone whom they can look to during hard times. Because when we leave the cave, everything around us is an influence. We’re like a sponges. Everything around us soaks inside of us. Inside our heads. Those who help the ones coming out of the cave learn humility, consideration, patience, and along with those things come many other things. We leave the cave because knowledge gives us power, experience gives us wisdom and from that we can decipher right from wrong.

When we’re sheltered for so long we’re either content, lacking courage, or determined to know what’s beyond captivity. When I was in the cave, I was sheltered. But sooner or later I broke free from my chains. I started to free myself from my them at a young age and learned new things about myself. The more I learned things, the more experience I wanted. So I started to rebel and the more I did that, the more freedom I wanted. And the more I pushed, the more I gained my freedom and from that eventually came experience. But the more experience I had, the more broken I became. But when we’re weak, we learn to be strong. I became my own person. I gained more and more knowledge about the world and the people around me. Many things happen when we leave the cave. We could even become corrupt. But I’m thankful for the knowledge and experience I’ve gained. I wouldn’t trade it for anything else because it made me who I am today.