The temporary that you think is permanent?
Some people come into your life that you think are special, and that will never purposely hurt you….you're wrong.
As much as you think that they are there for you and will be no matter what, its not real.
Everything is contrary to what you see in the movies and on t.v, this is all fabricated from someones idealistic imagination, and it tempts us into thinking that we have some chance of having the fairy tale ending, and live happily ever after.
theres almost never a happy ending, just a continuous struggle to obtain a moderate happiness. almost as if we are all cars, depreciating with age, and constantly needing fixing, but as soon as something is mended, something else needs fixing.
i write the truth, whilst there may be joy along side the struggles, no matter how much we see the good, the human race will always focus on the struggles…
we are a selfish species, ignorant to the bigger picture.
we are like this, because almost everything in our existence is temporary, apart from the negative.
even if the instance that the bad thing happens doesn't last forever, the feeling of it does… can you really say that for happiness?
why is this?
its almost impossible for us to believe that the happiness out weighs the sadness, because often the happiness is taken away, and that memory is tainted with the sadness.
is this not a sad existence…
I realise I sound like some sort of monumental pessimist… but i have so many questions…
why when i ask questions, people respond with a statement to sweep over the real point, almost masking so they don't have to face up to the reality of mankind?
Very astute thinking. I've had happiness in my life, but also sadness. The moments of happiness more than makeup for all the sadness. Keep writing and thinking.
ReplyDeleteKelly, Your quite deep ain't ya. Lol. But in response to this, in short, lifes a bitch. It's the way you take it. Your only sad for aslong as you focus on it and your only happy until you let someone stop it. Without the influence of other people, their voices, input and feelings, then we are pretty much nothing. As people we are lucky if we touch one persons heart and mind so much in there life to make a difference to them as an existence. If we can do that just once, then don't you think it's worth this sorrowful existence?
ReplyDeleteI think, from my experience (and because I love some deep philosophical thinking), that happiness and sadness are choices, not emotions that are thrust upon us. In fact I think most things in life boil down to a state of mind. Yes, bad stuff happens, yes, good stuff happens, but it is how one decides to take those situations that determines whether they are happy or sad.
ReplyDeleteAlso, if there are negatives in the world, they have to be negatives of something. Ipso facto, that means there are also positives. That's the very nature of existence (e.g. For nothing to have any meaning there has to be something) - opposites. But a person can still choose to find happiness in the negative and sadness in the positive.
Essentially, state of mind, and the ability to be the master of oneself are the key.
That's just what I think. Keep writing Kel, your style is almost literary - it's cool! You've inspired me :)
Thanks for the comments.... :)
ReplyDeleteI agree completely... i think learning from the bad times essentially makes us appreciate the happy time that much more...
its just that it seems that if something bad happens to you, then that feeling leaves a scar... where as happiness doesn't necessarily do that...
And i genuinely wonder why...
seems like as people we are aiming to make the best of what ever situation we are in, and i know for myself...i never want to linger or mull on the sadness... but sometimes its unavoidable...
I don't know if you are never left with a mark from happiness either. Nostalgia is a prime example of how happy things leave a mark - your child hood!
ReplyDeleteWhen you say you wonder why it is that sadness leaves a scar and happiness no lasting mark - have you thought to look at the question in a different way?
Essentially, the sad times can either do one of two things; wound you, or strengthen you. If there's no pain, there's no gain and all that jazz.
Maybe the reason the sad times leave a mark is because it's those moments that are pivotal in what kind of person you become - where as the happy moments are just the things we enjoy.
I suppose you have to decide, you want to use the sad times to better yourself, or do you want lie down and lick your wounds - even the ones that no longer bleed!
I know I said it before, but its choice. Don't let the sad times scar you. :)