The Unwavering Law of Diminishing Returns
You can only eat one Reeses Peanut Butter Cup at a time, I believe, just as with consuming two bananas or three dinner rolls with butter. The satisfaction is only great with that initial taste, with that first experience, and is diminished because of the loss of both expectation and desire. The Law of Diminishing Returns states that for a given capital investment, the return on this investment inherently decreases as the company approaches a normal profit.
In life, there are diminishing returns. Sometimes it's that second conversation with a girl you thought you liked, or the second time playing through your favorite video game. There's less excitement, less still to be experienced, and sometimes we regret having spoiled this expectation through fulfillment, through living. I am reminded of a short play I had read once, concerning jelly beans and finding one's niche in the world (sounds crazy but it's true), and the scarcity of happiness in this play reminded of the need to find happiness where possible through experimentation to find what flavor suits us best.
For those of us who have more than one world within us, there's more that's desired to be experienced and perhaps... experienced in a different way. Sometimes we want to try batting lefty instead of righty once, or perhaps we want to try skiing without poles. Sometimes we want to play City of Villains instead of City of Heroes. There are many different ways to experience the same thing, and I want to try doing old things new and new things old. Perhaps writing poetry with the last line first, doing a handstand rather than a headstand, or watching an old movie with new company.
In life, there are diminishing returns. Sometimes it's that second conversation with a girl you thought you liked, or the second time playing through your favorite video game. There's less excitement, less still to be experienced, and sometimes we regret having spoiled this expectation through fulfillment, through living. I am reminded of a short play I had read once, concerning jelly beans and finding one's niche in the world (sounds crazy but it's true), and the scarcity of happiness in this play reminded of the need to find happiness where possible through experimentation to find what flavor suits us best.
For those of us who have more than one world within us, there's more that's desired to be experienced and perhaps... experienced in a different way. Sometimes we want to try batting lefty instead of righty once, or perhaps we want to try skiing without poles. Sometimes we want to play City of Villains instead of City of Heroes. There are many different ways to experience the same thing, and I want to try doing old things new and new things old. Perhaps writing poetry with the last line first, doing a handstand rather than a headstand, or watching an old movie with new company.