In the past, i've asked many people who's opinions i valued the following, universal question-
Is it better to be
completely happy , and
unable..not allowed to feel
anything else, or mentally free to feel
anyway you want-miserable or content,
pessimistic or
optimistic, sad or happy, etc.
in other words, would you rather be
Happy and ignorant or be
drowning in your thoughts and knowledge of the world.
The answer was pretty much unanimous-
free to feel any way they want.
for what, one of these people said,
is happiness without a soul?
i used to agree with them. i thought that it was the best choice, the
only choice, because that way our happiness actually meant
something. This way our happiness was
comparable, we could tell and appreciate when we were content because there were other feelings to weigh said feeling against. When your
free to feel any way you want,
"emotion" is no longer just a word. It's the whole universe.
i used to be critical of people who depended on chemical fulfillment in order to be at peace. i thought that that was as pointless as being happy yet ignorant- if you can't make your own happiness you aren't trying hard enough, i thought. i didn't despise those who had to depend on drugs, i just pitied them.
Now, i realized that it's not my place to feel pity for them. i've found that sometimes, you just can't find fulfillment or happiness naturally and you try and try and try and try and
try and try and try and try and try and try but sometimes it's just futile. You don't get
anywhere.
Everyone deserves to be happy, so if someone is unable to find it themselves and they've
tried and they're
tired, who is to judge them for finding it
in the only way that they can.
i don't disagree with the phrase
"ignorance is bliss" anymore. i used too. i used to take pride in
my fucked up screwed over trainwreck of a brain.
It made me different.
Now though, i've decided that really, i'd rather be blissful and ignorant.
-i'm just too fucking tired of drowning.