Thoughts, Inspirations, and Other Musings

Chapter 2

What is the point of dealing with such sadness if the oncoming happiness will only give way to sadness once more? This can be a hard question to wrestle with when neither happiness, nor emptiness, nor sadness seems a pleasant enough option. The happiness won't last, but you know that the sadness won't last either, but it will keep coming back. And the emptiness? Oh, the emptiness will not last nor come back; it merely creeps up behind you and latches on and drains all emotion until both happiness and sadness are gone, and you are left with nothing but empty darkness. Now, of course, I must eventually bring all of this back to the question I began with; why deal with sadness if you know your happiness won't last? Well, why make children happy if you know they'll only be sad later? The answer is, of course, because they are going to be sad later. Enjoy the happiness while it lasts because it won't last. The entire ploy of the emptiness is to rely on your despair when you're faced with the question I began with, and in your despair it wiggles its way in and, slowly but surely, it kills you; so it is your job to fight, fight as hard as you possibly can. Fight against despair, and sadness, and absolute dark black emptiness; for what more is in the balance than your life, your very existence itself.