Just be curious about everything around you
Don't try to force yourself to think of something all the time
Allow yourself to forget things
Don't stress
It's irrational to want happiness while knowing about all the fucking world events and personal tragedies
But there's no other way to achieve happiness
You cannot keep the events and tragedies aside. You have to live with them. And by being irrational about it, by still wanting to be happy despite those things, you'll get happiness
It's rational to worry about finances and parents, be irrational and be in the moment, and think happy thoughts
Of course, there's life after death
For those in the living world
For those left behind
For the rest of us
I fell on the fire But shielded myself from sun Things are looking brighter This is the way I want to be
Do things according to your intuition, then find reasons to justify them.
Sometimes you need to do research and find reasons beforehand. While doing this, be patient. You will get whatchu want.
Be patient always. Things will happen for you. Good things will happen for you.
But also have the courage to face izzues when things don't go your way.
Don't be disappointed or distraught.
Don't get angry at people, things, or circumstances.
Understand that it was always one of the results and accept it with patience.
Enjoy life.
Just doing or experiencing one thing continuously in life leads to fatigue, boredom, and a mundane life
You need to do and experience different things
For example, with your partner if you just have positive experiences, it'll wear them out and you'll become less excited the next time a positive experience happens. You need to also experience negative things with your partner.
This being said, the concept of "balance" is not true here. You shouldn't have the same number of positive and negative experiences. Negative ones should be less and interspersed throughout the positive ones.
silly little comic about chronic pain
[image id: an 8 panel comic
the first panel has a conversation between two people. the one on the right is a light gray, and facing away from the viewer. they are meant to represent a generic person. they are saying, "wow, chronic pain sounds like it sucks." sucks is written in a dark pink. the person on the right has tan skin, a pink shirt, and pink hair. he responds "haha yeah."
the second panel shows the same two people, with the first person saying "how do you tolerate it? i'd go crazy!" tolerate is written in a dark pink. the second person responsed "um..." and trails off
the third panel shifts to a drawing of the second person sitting curled into himself. it is entirely grayscale, except for his pink hair, which is a little more muted. the text around him reads "i tolerate it because not doing so isn't an option". 'isn't an option' is written in dark pink.
the fourth panel shows him sitting and leaning against the left edge of the frame, with his legs stretched out. it reads "because what else am i supposed to do?" supposed is in all caps and written in dark pink.
the fifth panel shows a torso up drawing of him in the bottom right corner. the text reads "i can't hope for a day i'll wake up and be better." better is written in dark pink and all caps on the left half of the panel.
the sixth panel shows him sleeping, with a brown dog near his head. the text above him reads "all i can do is make sure i wake up." wake up is written in dark pink.
the seventh panel is all text, reading "i tolerate it because it needs to be tolerable". tolerable is written in dark pink.
the eighth panel shifts back to the conversation between the two people. the man finishes his response to the other person's question with "i don't know".
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Life is a song of souls
Of hard truths that rarely get told
Of soft lies that comfort the bold