Beauty is loosing to chaos. Collective pride has become impossible. We have ephemeral pleasures but lasting suffering. We feel poor when we compare ourselves to those who are richer. The public prefers disaster over boredom and likes to be shocked.
Théodore DalrympleCynics are less happy, less smart, and less healthy. You only learn if you succeed or fail, not if you don't try. Cynicism is a version of naiveté. Being a black sheep is still being a sheep. Cynics crave safety. Cynicism is an attempt at safety. By fear of loosing at it, they stop playing life. Fix cynicism: switch to skepticism, adopt a reciprocity mindset (trust to be trusted back), envision a future that you want.
Jamil ZakiThink about and for yourself. You are not here to fit in but to be yourself, exit the stimulus response cycle to take time for doing your thing alone, deconstruct expectations then build your own path. It will be hard. Fulfilling doesn't mean easy or pleasant, the fears you had in childhood are the one you'll have to face during your mid life. What are you gonna do with the precious gift that is mortality? Put things into perspective. Being invited into people's life is a privilege, we've never been both that much connected and that much lonely, it is easy to see others' sins without acknowledging we have them too. Think about your kids. Being an adult means being responsible because children see your behavior as a model. You should serve your kids rather than make yourself feel good. You live on your own but children live through someone. Depression is a weapon. A depression is a call to something more purposeful where you should ask yourself why it is happening rather than how long it will be. What fears are you defending yourself from and are you going to show up to the appointment with your soul?
James Hollis