Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind

[iamcrest]

How happy is the blameless Vestal's lot
The world forgetting, by the world forgot
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind
Each prayer accepted, and each wish resigned

Eloisa to Abelard (1717) by Alexander Pope.We often want to think that we’re in total control of our lives. But in reality, life is so vulnerable to chance, and dependent on the

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[neuy]

"inside everyone there's the deep buried hidden desire to be abuse.."

i would rather keep them all, the piercingly painful ones in particular, to remind myself the path i have rolled by;

[into_the_wild]

i'll keep them all as well;
for every piece of memory, if well-internalised, will end up as a piece of happy memory.

*thinks*

[neuy]

bitter-sweet, but happy nonetheless. *hopes*

[iamcrest]

"'Cause it's a bittersweet symphony, this life"

[neuy]

how apt.

[iamcrest]

That must certainly take much courage and the right frame of mind, to revisit unhappy memories and see goodness in them all. Maybe that’s where external stimulus come in handy …

*blasts happy music and binges on happy food*

[iamcrest]

As suggested by Freud and his many contemporaries, we all do have the sadomasochism streak in us. Whatever that doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger! ;)

[neuy]

that's exactly where i am coming from :)

pain/pleasure thread along a very fine line, not unlike bitterness/sweetness; submolecular;

[iamcrest]

definately ... both need each other to make sense :)