life sux but that’s alright

A scary amount of people waste their life away chasing an ephemeral sense of happiness that is perpetually elusive, not realizing the source of their malcontent is the very chase itself. They don’t realize the fact that the conductor of the remorseful orchestra that is their life is not unhappiness - he is the pursuit of happiness. Perhaps it’s part of our nature, forever chasing that which we perceive ourselves to be lacking, I don’t know. I suppose this is some form of tangential Buddhism but I truly believe that a person can not ever truly be happy until they stop trying to be.

It’s kind of like a prisoner who has been rendered blind by his wish for freedom, so preoccupied with gazing longingly out through the window above that he does not see the key to his shackles laying in the palm of his hand. “He who chases shall never find” - Kafka, or something.

I suppose my message is this; stop trying to be happy, just live. Stop worrying about the fact you aren’t happy, just live. You will never find happiness - happiness will find you. I think there’s a Dumdledore quote about knowing where to look or something but I can’t remember it right now.

Alright I’m gonna go back to shitposting or something now

Oh and fuck all of you who make those cool posts I’m jealous of you /s