Emptiness (19)

7 Name: Anonymous : 2007-12-22 05:46 ID:LEHg3EC5

I've been making a lot of very big personal realizations recently. Seeing good movies, reading books about this sort of thing, coming to terms with my ex-girlfriend (best that I'll get, anyway). It can get fucking draining, to be perfectly honest. Sometimes life simply leaves you with a desolate emptiness. I know what you're talking about.

But, you know what? Life is, for the most part, awesome. Think about some time you were happy. Were you working towards something? The finals, maybe? Having no goal for yourself WILL suck the life out of you, because you'll feel like you have nowhere to go but down, essentially. Remember always that that is never true. You can always improve yourself. Do you not have any academic goals in the near future? Set a social goal. Go spend time with family; or, if you are not on good terms with them, friends. It helps infinitely to get out of the house and mobile. While you're working, try to schedule other time just to relax and shoot the breeze with whoever you like to be around. If you ever start to feel drained, remember that your friends enjoy your company just as much as you enjoy theirs. They should support you, should you open up your feelings to them. How about that very close person? Do you know that they enjoy knowing you very much? Take solace in that.

Have you ever read this blog? http://guide2homelessness.blogspot.com/ (If you haven't and you have time to kill, I strongly recommend it, even if you aren't looking for the advice it contains [it will open your eyes to a new perspective on the world]) In all honesty, at least you aren't homeless. This is to cure your hunger (literally and figuratively), at the very least. Let me quote: "Breathe deeply. Do you have any money at all? If you do, spend it on a good meal, even if you are spending every dime. Get a good meal, and sit in a warm place eating it, with friendly people serving it. Eat and enjoy, and think about good things. Think about your favorite color, your best friend when you were in grade school, how flannel feels when you rub it between your fingers. Think about those gold coin chocolates that always made you feel rich even though the chocolate was waxy and tasted like tin. When you were a kid, you had a knack for feeling rich when you had next to nothing. " If you want my opinion, read those words and know them. Look up at the sky, and breath the air from the trees. Go camping and live in a forest for a week. Tumble down a hill full of clovers, go catch a lion, lie down in the bed of a river, be the words sung by the waitress at your local jazz café. Or just read a good book. You can do it.

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