Wednesday, December 17, 2008
23:41:00
I saw someone's MSN pm which went 'Si bei troubled now' and this lit up a spark in my mind, as in for something to blog on.This guy whose pm I saw is the same age as me, which got me thinking: why do we always 'search' for ways to be miserable?Of course, that question in itself is really general. I know of at least one person who always seems to be in a good mood. Still though, this person also 'searches' for misery, just maybe not so much.I mean, think about it. Let's talk about the more practical worries for now. When we grow up, we'll have tons of things to worry about. Work, bills, various kinds of loans, family if you start one... the list goes on and on. And those are the more practical kind of worries; they're the kind that it's your 'duty' to worry about.These problems are inevitable in a normal human being's adult life. They are things we should all, at least at the back of our minds, be kinda-sorta mentally prepared for. Unless you become a hermit or something, you'll have to face at least one of them in some way or other. And then we come to the 'impractical' problems.What do I mean by 'impractical' problems, you ask. Well, they're problems which can actually be avoided as it isn't exactly 'necessary' or 'compulsory' for one to face them in the course of one's life. Good example of such a problem is to hang onto someone whom you like but who doesn't reciprocate the feelings. From a very logical standpoint, the super-obvious solution is to forget the person (at least romantically), right? Well, things just don't play out like that in practice (unless you find it easy to let go, in which case maybe your feelings weren't that strong to begin with).It's yet another very human thing I wonder about sometimes. I partake in this particular irrationality too, myself. What is it that keeps people going despite the obvious misery that comes with it?Hope, maybe? Personally I think that's it. Or maybe it's too many drama serials about undying love haha. Who knows, really?(Please note that I DO believe in such a thing as undying love. It's just that, in real life, it doesn't seem to happen THAT often, or that easily.)Hope. Something that is very much 'out there', something that's totally intangible (in my opinion, one of the most intangible), and yet at the same time something that can keep us going in the most trying of times/circumstances. It's fundamentally stupid, really, but at the same time it's just about the most beautiful thing we can experience.It's another one of those human phenomenons that I'm interested in, but unlike most of the others, this isn't one that I'd want to look too much into, simply because it's one of the few good things we can have in this existence that doesn't have any catches and/or side-effects attached to it, heh.We all need a little hope.=)------------------------------------------------------------Sometimes I wonder if I come across sounding like a total idiot when I point out these little things in life that we tend to not think about, because we either have more important things to think about or we think we know them well enough. I wonder if I sound like an alien who just came to Earth and is totally overwhelmed by all these little facets of human existence. At any rate though, I like pointing them out and fleshing them out as much as I can, just because I don't think judging these things from a (very very very) logical standpoint occurs very much. I try, above all else, to give you food for thought. I hope I've succeeded more times than I've failed, heh.Well, there isn't much else to say for now. I've spoken about hope in this post. And that's what I do alot of nowadays.Here's hoping for... something that I shan't tell you guys =PCheers.