Revelation
I know, I should have realized this many ages ago, but it took my psychology class to convince me.
We are currently talking about existentialism. I'm glad that it went into depth. The meaning of life is NOT death. It's what each individual person makes it.
Anyway, existentialists don't believe in losing sight of our separateness. And we were talking about how bad it is to depend on other people for our happiness. I kinda already know this, but for some reason, hearing it on my class made it all click. I nearly cried on a few occasions, thinking about all this.
And while sitting there, I wrote the following out (I had the "Fear is the mind killer" speech from Dune in my head as I wrote this):
"I am me.
I am my own person.
No one defines who I am--
only I do.
If the world falls away,
there is only me.
I control my actions.
I control my emotions.
I make myself happy.
NO one stands in my way.
NO one breaks or makes me.
I am my own master."
If I ever feel discouraged, I will try to think of this. Let's see how long this ideology lasts with me, haha.
We are currently talking about existentialism. I'm glad that it went into depth. The meaning of life is NOT death. It's what each individual person makes it.
Anyway, existentialists don't believe in losing sight of our separateness. And we were talking about how bad it is to depend on other people for our happiness. I kinda already know this, but for some reason, hearing it on my class made it all click. I nearly cried on a few occasions, thinking about all this.
And while sitting there, I wrote the following out (I had the "Fear is the mind killer" speech from Dune in my head as I wrote this):
"I am me.
I am my own person.
No one defines who I am--
only I do.
If the world falls away,
there is only me.
I control my actions.
I control my emotions.
I make myself happy.
NO one stands in my way.
NO one breaks or makes me.
I am my own master."
If I ever feel discouraged, I will try to think of this. Let's see how long this ideology lasts with me, haha.