The Absence of Ulterior Motive

see note for reviewers.

gestures often referred to as

acts of kindness, bring with

them positive inferences & sometimes even

long term connections which can be the most

important in our lives,

certainly---

however, when speaking of those

moments

when one acts out of nothing more than for lack of better terms---

“humanity,” or “what it is to be human,”

maybe even something like

“common decency”

that is,

without ulterior motive---

it can define us

in ways that may only be felt days or months later---

like the aftershocks of an earthquake,

but instead,

purely positive---

not leaving the resonance of what some would label

morally
”good” or “bad”

but simply more positive that such an occurrence

happened

rather than it being negative in

happening,

or for that matter,

not happening at all.

 

if you know that there are actions that speak for

themselves---

that there are moments when an unspoken

assurance is made

during the transition of facial expressions,

or the nonverbal everyday

mechanics perpetuating the systems which we

for better or for worse

presently operate within,

then you understand the value of these

instances

whereby our very human similarities are

articulated.

Author's Note

“There is one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life - reciprocity.”

-Confucius


“But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”

-Albert Camus