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Our daily Darwin: in order to sustain itself, happiness must remain oblivious to the unhappiness it creates in others




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Misery commiserates; the American "pursuit of happiness" decimates.

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Without daydreams between them, experiences themselves tend to become overly dreamlike- one displacing another suddenly and with too much logic -like sequences in a film, inexorable and coming to the point too soon.


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Ideas come together the way way a body makes itself comfortable. Somewhere, perhaps in the throat, a shoulder or an arm the thought resides. The thought is a link between fragments that might fit together-that want to be together- so they remain immobile until they unite and escape by means of the voice.

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If you are a male, the preponderance of other males will find a way to condescend to you, even with their
dying breath. A panhandler will tell you to "have a nice day" -as if it were theirs to give- or accept your donation with the indifference of a king.


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Intelligent response is to acclamation as love is to sex. As the latter grows ever more prevalent and public, the former grows ever more private and rare.

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A significant error provokes reflection; a major blunder demands change; an impossible dilemma reveals your soul.




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Yesterday was two days before tomorrow.

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Acceptance of uncertainty won't banish every qualm but unreasonable demands for certitude will make doubt a steady companion.



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Not all information is beneficial. Cultivating a taste for not knowing some things may make for a better day.

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Self-destruction may feel like rebellion in a society where weakness and doubt are increasingly looked upon as suspect behaviors.



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The more contemporary life demands acquiescence and assent, the harder, and more necessary it is to something, anything, solo.