TM 244: Happy Endings

[onetime_actor]

"That's something I think is growing on me as I get older: happy endings." -- Alice Munro (Bringing Life to Life)The woman I love believes in fairy tales. I don't mean that she believes the stories really happened (although, at this point, Lorna could tell me that just about anything really happened, and that she saw it, and it wouldn't be any

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[starspangledcap]

Do we have evidence that things can't be happy evermore?

[onetime_actor]

The fact that it's never happened, combined with the inevitability of death? Other than that?

[starspangledcap]

How do we know it's never happened?

The world feeds on shock and sadness. If someone truly lived happily ever after, would they advertise it?

I don't think the phrase is meant to imply anything after death.

[erikscordelia]

[starspangledcap]

Why not?

[erikscordelia]

[starspangledcap]

That doesn't make any sense.

[erikscordelia]

[starspangledcap]

Of course it's valid. But vital?

How do we know that we need darkness if we haven't yet done without it?

[erikscordelia]

[starspangledcap]

I don't think I believe that.

If there was no adversity, we'd grow from intrinsic motivation.

[erikscordelia]

[starspangledcap]

Because there's always room to be happier. Always room for improvement.

[erikscordelia]

Re: *locked*

[starspangledcap]

I didn't say that.

Just - you can be happy, and still wish you knew how to play the trumpet. Or develop more fuel-efficient cars. Yearning and growth don't need adversity to happen, and they don't mean things are less happy.

What do you mean, fear?

[erikscordelia]