What has been lost

There are things that have been lost over the ages. If you ever take the time to listen to the winds that do not move the hair you would know what I am writing about. I have been losing my mind in the contemplation and execution of thoughts that could either damn the soul I believe I have or crush my faith completely. I have no need anymore to know but I keep asking the why. The directions in time I am going to just to get what I believe would be an almost believable answer. With every question I have another question. With every piece of me that becomes stronger another part begins to atrophy. One of the major laws of alchemy is that to gain anything you must give something of equal or greater value. What determines value? Can I give something up that I do not posses? Why believe the truth of one man when it serves you and call him a lunatic in the next breath because what he stands for or says he has proven refutes what you want to believe. There was a time when no one in this land had seen a sailing vessel. When they arrived on the shores of this land only the children could see them. When a ship was sitting in the harbor literally the adults could not see them until they were described by their open minded children. The mind only sees what it is willing to accept. Ever not been able to see something that you know is right in front of your eyes? How open does my mind have to be without what is let in ruining all that is there?