How do you get out of the labyrinth of suffering? You can’t. I mean, technically, you can. And eventually you will. But to live is to suffer. Not all the time, but a fair amount of it. Like everything in life, it’s just something you have to deal with. There are moments of joy, and we somehow accept those without problem. But as soon as suffering comes we say life is too unbearable, forgetting that not too long ago life was incredible, and we couldn’t wait to consume every molecule of each good time offered up to us.
So I suppose the question isn’t how to get out of the labyrinth of suffering, that’s simple. The real question is whether you actually want to get out, because to stop suffering is to stop living, and to stop living wouldn’t only stop your suffering, it’s stop the joy too.
Is your suffering enough that you’d like to give up human consciousness? And if your answer is yes, you’d better know full well what the possibilities after that are.
My favorite quote;
“It’s gonna be a good day. Even if its not, it is.” - Hosea
I wish I knew his last name. But he was one of the people paid to hang out with us at the hospital. I heard him say this to Jake, whom I shall share another story about later.
Jake was asking Hosea how he handles dealing with kids problems all day, and Hosea was like “you wake up and you tell yourself it’s gonna be a good day.” And jake asks “what if its not?” And Hosea replies “even if its not, tell yourself it is. And then maybe it will be.”
And to this day (almost 2 years later) it makes me cry because its true and I miss them and I never got to say goodbye to Hosea.
(POSTSCRIPT) Its been almost 7 years (I believe) and this is still my favorite moment, I think about it every time life gets rough. It was such a humble and honest moment that I will appreciate for an eternity.
not even in a sexual way but i’m just craving affection because i feel like crap i just want someone to hug me for a couple of hours and tell me i’m going to be okay
“A little bit of Monica in my life, A little bit of Erica by my side, A little bit of Rita is all I need, A little bit of Tina is what I see, A little bit of Sandra in the sun, A little bit of Mary all night long, A little bit of Jessica, here I am…”
If you don’t know this reference, you’re definitely too young for me.