FERRIS WHEEL
FORCE
PERSPECTIVE - MEASURE - INSULATION
And why should it always be so serious? Why should it be so bleak? Why shouldn’t you enjoy yourself? Why shouldn’t you smile and laugh as much as you can? If every day is all you have, then shouldn’t those days be full of wonder?
“Ups and downs are inevitable, but suffering is not.”
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Everything changes when you look at it from a different angle, a vantage point, or a safe location. When you have enough reference, appropriate context, and a sense of proportion. When you can tell that some things are permanent and some are temporary.
And why should it always be so serious? Why should it be so bleak? Why shouldn’t you enjoy yourself? Why shouldn’t you smile and laugh as much as you can? If every day is all you have, then shouldn’t those days be full of wonder?
What is bad may not be so bad, and what is good may not be so good. Crushing disappointments may occur, but also brilliant realizations. And the more you see, the more you gauge, the more you can make your own piece of heaven, even amidst hell.
Can you call it escapism if you are not missing out on anything worthwhile? If you have the best view in town? If memorable moments abound? And it is intriguing, thrilling, and fascinating. You are deepening and broadening your understanding. You are getting inspired and motivated. Not to survive, but to thrive.
Maybe, just maybe, we aren’t supposed to eternally live in a land of confusion. Maybe, just maybe, avoiding cruelty isn’t the problem. Maybe, just maybe, continuing to manufacture it is. Trauma after trauma after trauma. Unexamined, untreated, unresolved. If that is character development, what kind of character are you becoming?
Live on your terms. And have a fantastic life instead!
