Sunday, November 2, 2008

At last, perfection.

To live in a perfect world is a conundrum within itself. For nearly all people, with the exception of a few deranged individuals, a perfect world would be one without suffering. However, how can we enjoy perfection if we cannot suffer the imperfections? Would you enjoy a delicious cup of coffee as much if you have never had the most bitter? What would you compare the feeling of victory to if you have never experienced loss? How would you know at what standards to set?

Yes, we love, and we live. We hate, and we die.
If everything must end, then love must end at one point, and we will feel the pain of ending a relationship. But through a relationship, there is so much joy derived from the fact that you know one day, it must end. Subconsciously, you know that this is true. If you knew that you would always have a delicious food, would you not take the fact for granted? We already do, in that we have our emotions to help us through life. We know that we will always have them, and yet, they are hardly ever recognized for what they are.

If you knew that a relationship would last forever, it would be taken for granted, forgotten, and potentially ruined.
So please, I plead for all of you who read this to never grow bitter and hateful toward the past, for the ending of one thing has always been the product of joy from something else.

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