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Dear You,

I've been ridiculously busy packing this huge house but I desperately wanted to write for awhile and this quote stood out to me.

I think I've always had trouble accepting reality, in true optimistic form I want the world to be rainbows and unicorns and sometimes I feel like I can trick myself into believing it. But the world catches up to me in the worst of ways and life seems worthless more often than I'd like to admit. 

It's the worst feeling in the world, reality. The realization that one day we'll all be returned to dust and our work might not make one difference and the whole idea of humans surviving and reproducing could be worthless in itself because truly all we've done is destroy the planet we were given. 

However, in this cold realization I find comfort in things like music and reading. I've particularly clung to one of Whitman's poems: Oh me! Oh life! in which he explains purpose as "That life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse" because while we may be returning to dust, life will always go on and it's what we contribute to the future of the world that matters in the end. Whether we helped or hurt, advanced human thoughts or technology or hindered it. 

So my "hole" of shelter in this world resides in my capacity to make a difference and leave a powerful, positive impact on those around me through the things I love. For me, that's enough to forget any negative thoughts and while some could call me a naive optimist, I'd rather be that than a mean pessimist. 

Comment with your thoughts or what you find shelter in below!

Have an Amazing Day!

Mia B

P.S. I didn't mean to imply that all pessimists are mean, they're not :)

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