Rejection or Acquiescence

   In today's world, surrounded as we are, by the manifestations of ungodliness and revolutionary secularism, it is not possible for us to simply turn away from society. Whether we like it or not, for good or ill, we are a part of society, and it will have it's effects on us. It is how we face society and it's deleterious effects, that will determine who and what we are. If we simply allow ourselves to live in society, not countenancing it, but simply coexisting with it, we shall, with or without our consent, be drawn into society.
   We cannot control what our perceptions take in; everything around us, our surroundings, the people we meet, the places we frequent, will have an effect upon us, either beneficial, or detrimental. It is in our power, however, to shape our perceptions, according to our principles.
       Our perceptions can be very dangerous things, for they play a great role in the shaping of our ideas. When we allow the evils of society to pass unchallenged, we allow them a foothold in our mind. Whenever we encounter something revolutionary, whether it be a modernist building, a pink-haired punk, or an unprincipled piece of legislation, our mind begins to analyze it and form perceptions based upon both the object itself, as well as upon our response to it. If we allow the revolutionary manifestation to pass through our minds time and again and be formed in our perceptions, they will begin to seems alright, or at least less outrageous. After a while, they will take on an air of normality. This is why resistance is imperative! Whenever we see a demonstration of the revolution, we must make a conscious choice to reject it. Even as our mind takes it in and forms perceptions, we must let our soul ring with a resounding repudiation. If we make this internal rejection, then far from being weakened,  our principled resolutions shall wax, and grow stronger. If, on the contrary, we allow it to pass through without being confronted, it will create an opening in our mental and spiritual defenses. These little acquiescences may seem inconsequential at first, but their significance will grow as their habits harden our hearts, and make them increasingly deaf to the summons of Grace working on our intellects, and calling our better selves to right action   
     If we wish to ever attain to true integrity, such acts of rejection are absolutely essential. Without them, no matter how sincere or spirited our original principles and resolutions were, we shall find them slowly eroded, by the incessant and corrosive stream of modernity. Our perceptions are a fragile and precarious asset, which must be guarded closely. Just as a spot of moisture will discolour and deface the lucent face of a newly minted coin, if left to it's ends and not dried, thus also will unchallenged displays of revolutionary modernism slowly deface and corrode our lofty ideals, if not immediately reviled out and rejected.