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As usual, a muddled train of thoughts in my head. I was thinking of all the artificial destinations we create for ourselves, all of this sense that 'Once I reach this milestone, then X or Y will happen.' We tend to feel that, 'If I have this person's affection' or 'If I achieve this', that somehow those things are real, are stopping places where we can rest, can catch our breaths before we shoulder our heavy loads and move on again.
I thought about that while in the shower, thinking of how merely earning one person's affection, let's say, never really manifests the benefits we feel it should. Does it create a small amount of anxiety and disappointment? Probably. It's like the line from the Sandman: "The price of getting what we want is getting what we once wanted." To me, that means we never receive what we want in the present tense; for example, the girl you've always wanted to love you will only notice and fall for you when you've given up on that notion and moved on, or perhaps the dream job you want opens up, but only after it's been merged and changed and is not the dream job you wanted.
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| | Posted 8/22/2008 8:53 AM - 31 Views - 6 eProps - 3 comments
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