Random Thoughts

[Paraselene]

It depends on what you, or someone else, considers "good". If you're living a simple life in a small town generally away from the disabling politics of the nation, a cup of coffee in the morning and a casual telly show in the evening will be good. If you're being mentally weighed down by others locked in constant political battle, focusing on "good" tends to be a matter of self delusion rather than facing reality.

And yet rural voters overwhelmingly vote Republican in an attempt to Make America Great Again, ostensibly to recapture a golden age when things were good.

Then allow me to correct myself in stating that we're all self-deluded to some degree.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Is the world just shittily designed, or are we just especially good at focusing on the bad rather than the good?

Option #2.

Professor Tolkien once said something along the lines that pleasant days and happy events are not something people especially want to read about, but things that are terrifying make for gripping scenes in a novel (he was being asked about the narrative pacing in LOTR).

Art imitating life.

Boru

[Paraselene]

Also, fighting the "good" fight tends to be a fantasy of the young who think they can accomplish what thousands of years of civilization has never managed. Unfortunately, as we age, we realize that there is no end to the fight. We either persist futilely until our dying breath or we choose to focus on other aspects of life that are more self-fullfilling.

[Paraselene]

Is the world just shittily designed, or are we just especially good at focusing on the bad rather than the good?

Option #2.

Professor Tolkien once said something along the lines that pleasant days and happy events are not something people especially want to read about, but things that are terrifying make for gripping scenes in a novel (he was being asked about the narrative pacing in LOTR).

Art imitating life.

Boru

It's why I write. It's the only way for me to reconcile my disdain for a society that never learns.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Option #2.

Professor Tolkien once said something along the lines that pleasant days and happy events are not something people especially want to read about, but things that are terrifying make for gripping scenes in a novel (he was being asked about the narrative pacing in LOTR).

Art imitating life.

Boru

It's why I write. It's the only way for me to reconcile my disdain for a society that never learns.

‘Whatever gets you through the night.’ - John Lennon

Boru