occasionally, meaning amplifies itself. i’m struck by something i felt i’ve run into the ground, but all of the sudden, it has a different meaning. maybe not different per se, but more nuanced. i look at it, and think a little, and wonder why i never saw it like this before. then it gets cataloged, and maybe i come here and yak about it a little, mostly during times like these. you know who you are, times. other times it just slips away, and i’ll get reminded of it occasionally.

my whole damn life is a series of events like this, and there is no stopping it. there is an inevitability to being doomed to my patterns of thought for the rest of my life, so i better damn well be OK with it. so that question gets asked, constantly.

ARE YOU OK WITH THIS?

there’s a million different situations to apply this to, but most of the time, it leads back to a little voice that goes “sure, why not?”. this could just as easily lead to a response of “no, why?” which does happen. then you get all 4 year old on it and can ask why until your ears bleed.

but then you go and do something like ask why not. and it nips that little problem in the bud. why not? it’s tough to refute when it’s that subjective, so it gets shut down right there. you can question the validity of why not, think of some parameters where there might be a reason for the not to not be a valid idea, but overthinking it doesn’t refute it. it’s subjective!

subjectivity: a key component to sanity. get hip to it.