John Locke
Bringing Light and Justice to the World
I have several different worlds of friends. Some are achieving great heights, some are intellectual giants, some are fighting for their lives and freedom in 3rd world countries, some are in the middle among others but many from my youth in a small town around Newfound Lake, New Hampshire are miserable. I mean they, like my my friend Chrissy, just seem to attract misery and bad shit.
Why is that, what's the difference?
Everyone has the ability to reach the heights of whatever capabilities they have and I always had high hopes for friends like, as an example, Chrissy. She doesn't drink, she doesn't do drugs and is doing pretty good job of raising her granddaughter.
Is it an attitude thing, or what?
I know, that even in my darkest moments I always knew the beauty that world and humanity holds. I wanted to live and flourish even when I couldn't see the light at end of the tunnel many times.
These people just have such negative views on people and are always saying stuff like, "people suck", "men suck" so maybe they attract it, I dunno.
Just really sad to see people I care about in such despair all the damn time.
Some have have earned that despair but others are overall pretty good people.
Compare that to my friends in Africa fighting for their lives and freedom. What the heck do you have to bitch about?
I guess to everyone their experiences are totality of their existence.
I just don't understand how one lives in misery and doesn't look elsewhere for solutions.
The insightful psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a very interesting idea with his Hierarchy of Needs. With self-actualization as the highest level to undertake after all the rest of needs have been fulfilled.
Well, most of these people that I'm talking about are at that stage or one below and failing terribly.
I just don't understand the differences.
I know I grew up in a great environment and many of them didn't but come on the great economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell grew up poor in a ghetto and just has had amazing life after all the cards of the deck were stacked against him.
What is the difference?
Sorry, just ruminating.
Why is that, what's the difference?
Everyone has the ability to reach the heights of whatever capabilities they have and I always had high hopes for friends like, as an example, Chrissy. She doesn't drink, she doesn't do drugs and is doing pretty good job of raising her granddaughter.
Is it an attitude thing, or what?
I know, that even in my darkest moments I always knew the beauty that world and humanity holds. I wanted to live and flourish even when I couldn't see the light at end of the tunnel many times.
These people just have such negative views on people and are always saying stuff like, "people suck", "men suck" so maybe they attract it, I dunno.
Just really sad to see people I care about in such despair all the damn time.
Some have have earned that despair but others are overall pretty good people.
Compare that to my friends in Africa fighting for their lives and freedom. What the heck do you have to bitch about?
I guess to everyone their experiences are totality of their existence.
I just don't understand how one lives in misery and doesn't look elsewhere for solutions.
The insightful psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a very interesting idea with his Hierarchy of Needs. With self-actualization as the highest level to undertake after all the rest of needs have been fulfilled.
Well, most of these people that I'm talking about are at that stage or one below and failing terribly.
I just don't understand the differences.
I know I grew up in a great environment and many of them didn't but come on the great economist and social theorist Thomas Sowell grew up poor in a ghetto and just has had amazing life after all the cards of the deck were stacked against him.
What is the difference?
Sorry, just ruminating.
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