The Book of Insignificant Movements
Obligations as societal expectations
I do not do obligations.
I do do expectations.
Relationship expectations free from must and full of want. Relating with freedom and certainty.
An obligation is a societal expectation. Something that has to be done because a mass of people amassed a set of rituals, beliefs and practices of What Must Be Done.
I do not do must.
I do do want.
This blob we call “society”, this faceless meme that destroys individuals by subsuming them into a collective black hole with a label on it – it cannot be spoken to. It cannot be negotiated with.
People. Individuals.
They can be spoken to. You can reach an agreement with a person. You can have an expectation of an-other.
Knowing, that it can be changed.
Knowing, that it can be negotiated.
You cannot change societal expectations.
You cannot negotiate with society.
You can choose to consciously relate to the people in your life. You can choose those people.
You can choose what is expected of you.
And certainly do not do as I request out of any sense of duty or obligation.”