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lillysmum said…
I think, though, that sometimes, it's just easier to go along at an even keel, rather than soaring high and dropping low. Sometimes, going down to the depths makes one feel that the heights aren't worth crashing again.
May 19, 2015 at 12:39 PM
Bill Cobabe said…
Perhaps that's true. Although, perhaps it's also true that one is always either in light or dark - the only thing that changes is how accustomed one is to the current condition. Walking from a dark room into bright sunlight can be painful on the eyes, and similarly a dark room can be disorienting to people who have been in the bright light.

But personally, like Paul McCartney says - tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun.
May 19, 2015 at 1:43 PM
lillysmum said…
You mean, one may be miserable for so long that it ceases to feel like misery? I suppose if it no longer feels like misery, it isn't. I think you may be right.
I think, though, that being content about one's situation is partly fear of what one might lose by risking great heights...of love or something else.
May 19, 2015 at 2:22 PM
Bill Cobabe said…
That's not exactly what I meant.

I'm thinking more of Dean Potter, who recently died while jumping in Yosemite. He was someone who clearly was accustomed to risk, and while knowing that there was risk out there, still chose to pursue a risky lifestyle. Contrasting that is someone who (perhaps like myself) chooses not to allow risk in one's life - for whatever reason. While I don't think I could follow the same kind of risky lifestyle as Dean Potter, I hope that when it comes to loving people I will always allow for the risk and take the chance.

Because I would rather love and run the risk of failing than not love and feel safe (if benighted).

Besides, I don't know if I could stop loving people. It's very much who I am.
May 19, 2015 at 2:38 PM
Bill Cobabe said…
Irrepressible, remember? ;)
May 19, 2015 at 3:15 PM
lillysmum said…
Indeed, I do remember. :)
May 19, 2015 at 10:08 PM
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