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striving for something is necessary
i know.
you can't get anywhere in life if the pathway dissipates in to oblivion.
and if you can't get anywhere, and you can't go back,
then you're not doing anything
and you get restless
and you starve your brain of intellect and enlightenment, and fulfillment, and happiness.

there are so many fundamental flaws in human nature.
but the things that usually break us are always the things that make us.

empathy isn't a common trait, because it would make life so much more difficult if everybody felt it as intensely
there would be more internal struggles.
more moral conundrums and blockages, and clashes.

but on the other hand
maybe- not all of the time but some of the time-
people would choose to be nicer to each other more.

and all the fragile people of the world wouldn't have to let themselves be shattered
by someone who makes them feel inadequate.

even then, though
the problem is the striving part of us.
because we can't help it;
comparing ourselves to other people.
because we need to want to continue to get better
and they help us see that we can be more

but can't we have goals
and strive for something
without putting ourselves down?