Fire

Above all other animals, humans were the first to ignore their instincts
The first to use fire as a tool rather than fear it
going against millions of years of genetics, we used it rather than succumb to it.
going against base fear, base instincts, base passions.
if we could do it then why is it so hard now.
Why do these base emotions rule our lives
why does our hunger for fleshy things
extinguish the thought and reason that existed before thought and reason
Martin Luther king said that "it is out light not our darkness that most frightens us"

The ability to do good does not always result in it being done
Although it can
Rise out of the darkness
Rise into the light
Overcoming those base, those prehistoric instincts has served us so well.
The amazing advances are beyond comprehension and the potential is even more.
We know the answers to lifes questions
We just choose to write the wrong ones

Such a simple thing, the use of fire has given us the world we now have.
Why not do it again
Why is the impulse for instant gratification so accepted, when a fuffilled life is just a choice away

Be the light
As to extinguish the darkness
Because if you do not shine.
Everything around you fades