Comments | final_destiny: Rekindle the Flame

final_destiny

Rekindle the Flame

Sep 13, 2014 17:56

Last night, I had a very heavy conversation that got my wheels turning. And, like most conversations had late at night, as I look over the transcript, I'm not sure how to phrase the questions at the heart of the exchange. But I think this was important and I think I need to sort it out. So, here we go.

( Long and rambling, but important...maybe? )

amber, self-identity, family, small hours, philosophy

Comments 4

lostnumber17 September 18 2014, 17:55:29 UTC

Robert, I don't even know how to begin ( ... )

final_destiny September 22 2014, 20:23:10 UTC

A major trouble that I've struggled with in recent times has been balancing sensible awareness with full-blown paranoia. A firm believer in statistics, I can't yet reconcile the likeliest of outcomes with the seeming propensity of late with worst-case scenarios.

viable_chimera September 19 2014, 23:39:15 UTC

I admit I felt odd voicing my thoughts on this platform after barely touching it for a long time. But this:

"And yet, at the end of the day, I would never give up. If this is all we have, then I'm going to die trying to make the best of it, I guess."

And this:

"Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be." -Miguel de Cervantes

Horrible things happen and not everyone can fix everything. But I don't think that means we can deny the parts of us that want to believe things should be better - those parts that would be willing to fight for things to be better. Being able to fix everything isn't what makes a 'knight'. At least, that's not my understanding of it. It's just having a heart to try and persevere after failure.

final_destiny September 22 2014, 20:28:32 UTC

To be fair, I'm not sure Cervantes is the best voice to cite, given the subject matter of most of his stories and his distance from the matter at hand. Never the less, not a bad anecdote, to say the least. :)

I wouldn't think to deny the parts that want to believe; my problem is knowing how to try and fight. There is no foe to fight. There is no effort that will prize any results, save to antagonize the situation. The absolute best thing to do is to do nothing, to soldier on as best as one can and hope for the best. And I have seen nothing productive come from hope, only effort. And yet, where does effort go?