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HOW COULD WE TAKE THIS CHANCE NOT TO CELEBRATE?
the end of the year is soon approaching, and as i always say in retrospective, "wow, that was fast!" people tend to evaluate their lives in yearly intervals. "what have i accomplished this year? what do i want to do in the next?"
therefore it is around this time when people are most sensitive to themselves and their surroundings. they are more aware of their achievements and defensive about their shortcomings, because they have thought about their lives and they know.
the new year & christmas period is a big event in the minds of everyone. whether or not they realise this, whether or not they confess to this, the fact is that no one wants to be alone or lonely during this time. they all just yearn for someone special to be with them, to celebrate this special time together with.
and so it is because of this that some people will try to make amends for the wrongs they did, hoping that they can once again make things right. this, together with the year-end self evaluation can lead to normally rational persons doing things that are extraordinary, things that they've always wanted to do but have put off out of fear or pride or laziness.
"NOW is the time," they think, it's either now or never. unfortunately, as often is the case with such wild gambles, there will always be immense failures and small successes. for every person who spends the festivities with a smile, there will be countless others forcing out a smile because they are embarrassed by their failure.
they will wonder why in the blue hell did they even bother trying? why did they bring such pain upon themselves? but at the end of the day, they'll always believe that the next year will be better. they have to lie to themselves or else they wouldn't live to see the light of day.
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i typed this out and then realised i've posted it before, but i suppose it'll go up again because it's more applicable now than it was back then in may.
this was written on 10 november 2008 in camp.
the end of the year is soon approaching, and as i always say in retrospective, "wow, that was fast!" people tend to evaluate their lives in yearly intervals. "what have i accomplished this year? what do i want to do in the next?"
therefore it is around this time when people are most sensitive to themselves and their surroundings. they are more aware of their achievements and defensive about their shortcomings, because they have thought about their lives and they know.
the new year & christmas period is a big event in the minds of everyone. whether or not they realise this, whether or not they confess to this, the fact is that no one wants to be alone or lonely during this time. they all just yearn for someone special to be with them, to celebrate this special time together with.
and so it is because of this that some people will try to make amends for the wrongs they did, hoping that they can once again make things right. this, together with the year-end self evaluation can lead to normally rational persons doing things that are extraordinary, things that they've always wanted to do but have put off out of fear or pride or laziness.
"NOW is the time," they think, it's either now or never. unfortunately, as often is the case with such wild gambles, there will always be immense failures and small successes. for every person who spends the festivities with a smile, there will be countless others forcing out a smile because they are embarrassed by their failure.
they will wonder why in the blue hell did they even bother trying? why did they bring such pain upon themselves? but at the end of the day, they'll always believe that the next year will be better. they have to lie to themselves or else they wouldn't live to see the light of day.
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i typed this out and then realised i've posted it before, but i suppose it'll go up again because it's more applicable now than it was back then in may.
this was written on 10 november 2008 in camp.
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