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It's great that you're able to maintain that optimistic perspective for your life and I think that's really important.
But I'm curious how you reconcile that with the fact that bad things are objectively going on in the world, do you just ignore them and pretend they're not happening, accept them and move on with your life knowing you have little control of it, or do you acknowledge they're bad and still hope to change them and improve the world, just without letting it get to you in your daily life? Like for example, if I told you that I thought the US especially was in an incredibly dangerous political situation right now that could mark the start of a worldwide descent into conflict, war and deadly, life-changing economic turmoil... would you say that's impossible, or unlikely, or do you just believe there are enough good people to stop it from happening but you still understand the danger? Or is it something you too are worried about, and you're just not letting it take the joy out of your life?
I think the latter is probably a very healthy attitude and if you can pull that off I'm happy for you, and I'm not trying to start a political flamewar in any way, I'm just trying to understand your perspective compared to mine. I guess I'm just wondering if you are happy because you actually see the world completely differently than I do and maybe one of us is wrong (it could be me), or if we see the same things and you choose to be happy despite it. Because it's something I struggle with personally. The world seems very... bad... to me right now, and it really hurts to think of all the people I think this is going to affect, probably including me.
For me, I think it's just a distinction I've made in my mind. The world is not bad, it is wonderful and beautiful, but the people on it are bad. Specific people consistently too will always be there to ruin it and progressively destroy it around those who simply wish to live peacefully. Its not that I've no care in the world or ignore issues as they pertain to me policitally, but I do everything in my power to push things towards what I believe is right, and I separate and acknowledge the things I cannot do anything about. We as people can only do so much and if you do anything towards what you truly believe in? I think thats better than most. In the interim, it's about putting those things to the side and living in the present moment, saving the introspection and political concerns for another time.
That sounds like a good attitude, I'm proud of you! I hope I can learn to do the same.