Pink Floyd, in their famous song "Wish You Were Here" sang "We're just two lost souls, swimmin' in a fish bowl, year after year, running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears. Wish you were here." But who is missing in this case? The entire song asks for finding the difference between Heaven and hell, a cool breeze versus hot air, even a "walk on part in the war" or a "leading role in a cage". The thing that's missing is life itself. The person is just going through the motions in life. They keep going over the same situations, and they keep finding the same things.
Funny how that applies to life, isn't it? If you keep doing the same things over and over, you'll get the same results. So simple, yet so profound. On the surface, things might seem different, but they rarely are. There might be some little detail that you think has changed, but details is details. You can keep changing the situation as best you can, but unless you're changing your course of actions, you're just going to keep "running over the same old ground."
Expand your life to something new. No, don't decide to set your house on fire, live in an abandoned warehouse, and make soap. I mean, if you know something hasn't worked out in the past, who's to say it's going to magically work out the next time? Well, give it a shot. Oh wait. Didn't work that time? Gonna try it again? Didn't work that time? Oh damn. Now, I'm not saying not to be persistent. But open your eyes a bit. Don't he so hung up on one thing! Go out and live your life! After all, you're on this world for so long, so you might as well try something new. What's the worst thing that can happen?
...That last question was rhetorical. I'm sure tons of things can go wrong. But hey, that's life. If you're going to keep living in fear of something new, you might as well get a little plastic castle, some colored rocks, and wait for the magical giant to sprinkle your dinner through your roof.
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