TWO THINGS.

IF I HAD TO NAME TWO THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO ANY HUMAN BEING, AND NECESSARY FOR NOT ONLY PROGRESS, BUT SURVIVAL, IT WOULD NOT BE ANYTHING MATERIAL.  MEANING, IT WOULDN'T BE TWO GADGETS OR WEAPONS, OR ANYTHING THAT ONE COULD HOLD AS CONCRETE OR KEEP ON THEIR PERSON.  THESE TWO THINGS WOULD BE MUCH MORE VALUABLE THAN ANYTHING ONE COULD OWN.  THESE TWO THINGS, EXIST ALREADY IN HUMAN KIND, AND ARE ACTUALLY FREE OF COST, BUT, ARE OFTEN ABANDONED.  WHEN HUMANITY HAS REACHED A CERTAIN LEVEL OF COMFORT, THEY BECOME LESS CONCERNED WITH PROGRESS AND SURVIVAL, AND MORE CONCERNED WITH THE IDEOLOGY OF MATERIALISM, AS A REPRESENTATION OF BOTH PROGRESS AND SURVIVAL.  WHAT I AM SPEAKING OF, IS SOMETHING YOU ARE ACTUALLY BORN WITH, IT IS THE TWO BASIC ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISED EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER KNOWN.  HOWEVER, OVER TIME, THESE TWO ELEMENTS GET LOST AS YOU RELINQUISH YOUR CONTROL, OR ABILITY, AND BECOME HOMOGENIZED AND COMFORTED BY THE OUTSIDE FACTORS AROUND YOU.  WHEN YOU ACCEPT CERTAIN SITUATIONS, IN YOUR LIFE, YOU SURRENDER TO THE IDEA THAT THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE BEYOND THAT POINT, AND YOU GIVE THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENTS THAT COMPRISE YOU, LESS ATTENTION.  THE TWO THINGS, I AM SPEAKING OF ARE:

1.) ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION

2.) ALWAYS BE LEARNING

FAILURE, DEFEAT, SURRENDER, OR SIMPLY NOT TRYING, USUALLY SPARK THE DEAFENING OF THESE TWO CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN KIND, BECAUSE, THERE IS NO REASON TO PROGRESS OR SURVIVE IF ONE HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED AN END.  ANOTHER FACE IN THE CROWD.   -  925