It is truly disheartening to realize that the foundation of everything you believe in is paper thin. Does the guilt lie in wanting more stability or realizing that the former sense of stability that you once obliviously had never truly existed? It took me an embarrassing amount of time to understand these very simple concepts:
- One can only think so far. Or, as a direct quote, "You can only think as far as you can." If you're capable of a certain thought in a given social situation, it does not necessarily mean that it can be accurately portrayed to any given person. Understanding perspectives of people other than yourself, while checking your ego at the door, is what separates very smart people from geniuses. For example, identifying that people view you differently than you view yourself, based on the sample of information known about you. It seems like a very simple concept, but this can be understood on many different levels, in my opinion. This leads me to my next thought...
- True happiness and true love is all relative to what you know. It is well within the realm of possibility to have never experienced love in a lifetime, but believe you did. The opposite is also true. Don't expect an Arabian prince to sweep you off your feet with his magic carpet and travel through the warm, starry night. Love is not anything like "Alladin." Please fucking realize that.
I would like to use this section to congratulate you on making it this far into my post. I'm going to finish this later.
