That's a really good advice. I should keep that in mind: a friend of mine might need it soon enough; maybe I might, too. As for New Year resolutions, I think you might find interesting what I've said about it in my blog. It easily applies to any moment in your life, as a matter of fact, as long as it excites you emotionally in some way. You know, it's funny how I caught myself thinking "Nah, my own hashtag wouldn't work" after reading your last sentence. Why not? Am I so much worse than, say, lil who has her own #thestateoflil (I think it is)? So - yeah, maybe I'll go for it, if I have something to talk about. I'll shout out to you if there's something interesting to look at. Thanks for cheering me up, pal. I appreciate it.
I realized at one point that there is no dignity and no achievement in complaining about reality never being perfect (which is what people believe to be "good enough" often enough). By pointing out how bad it is without producing a solution, I encourage others to do the same. This is not how we go forward as human beings or as humanity whole. Hell, it's not even that bad! "Oh, it never works" - but the idea does! It's the application that sucks, and it just happens to be something we're capable of improving. We measure our lives from a certain standpoint, when it really has to be measured from zero; from nothing. Compared to that: - we have food production and delivery system capable of sustaining billions of people; - most of us have clean water piped in and shit piped out without leaving stains or requiring work; - we have portable computers capable of introducing us to virtual realities on the fly and the international network to share our thoughts - and other important information - through. Isn't that bloody amazing? This is what we better remember at times when things seem dull. This coming from a life-long cynic and pessimist should tell you something.the cynicism of "Well nothing will ever be good enough, so I can't do anything"