For some reason, people look down on you if you are not happy all the time. I often feel misunderstood for this reason. Why must everyone be so happy all the time? Personally, I don’t trust them. I have been on this planet for a short time, but I don’t think that constant happiness has been the norm throughout history. What about the Depression? Medieval times? The Dark Ages? Suffering and sorrow were rampant then. Not every country is like the US in this respect either, and it’s only recently that WE started to demand happiness from others in this country. I think that this expectation of happiness causes unforeseen problems with everyday interactions between people. For instance, say you ask me “what’s wrong with you?”, because you see me as unhappy. If I reply truthfully, you will be put off. I should just lie, so you’ll like me better. Even though your liking me is not really paramount to my existence. Not that I don’t care, but I don’t feel that I need to relearn how to conduct myself at this stage of my life.
So let’s bring back pain and suffering and unhappiness…. The world will be a better place for it.
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oh, jake... bad day at work? Seth must have bothered you a lot today, eh?
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