Bon Bon returns home with disappointing news heavy on her heart.
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I think, given the circumstances, there's just too much relevance here not to appreciate. Thank you for writing this.
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Thank you for reading it.
7709039 My pleasure.
Hmm, this is a very relevant and yet so sad story, especially considering the state of today's world. I feel so sorry for Bon-Bon for not seeing that pony version of a certain gay marriage bill pass.
I tip my hat to you, Lucid for summing up something so wonderfully relevant in so few words!
I would not call it ''worth''. It will be never worth it, it is the only possible option for anyone to ''try and fail until the wall is broken with your headbutting.'' But it will be never worth it, people will never be happy, there will be never a satisfaction: what most people expect/hope from life is unrealistic and by our nature we are bound to have those hopes
To live properly people should understand that we as person do not matter and our hopes/dreams do not hold any meaning. everything is a matter of actions and consequences created by a ''luck''. to reach the goal one should optimize (increase the probability through rational actions) and know sometimes even everything is done the goal may not be reached.
In conclusion people should get over the emotional expectations they have and try to solve and focus problems in most objective way possible. not get sad when the goal is not reached since it is a matter of certain consequences mostly out of our control.
To people who are saddened by recent news, or etc. Don't get emotional, this like many other instances an effect of consequences mostly out of our control and have pilled over many years, it is better to understand the problem completely and attemp to solve it rather than demostrating emotions needlessly.
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People arrive at happiness all the time. Not in a permanent state, no, but happiness is an achievable goal. Sadness will come, but it is just as temporary. This story is less about achieving Utopia and more about perseverance in spite of terrifying odds. As for it being "Worth" I think that's entirely up to the individual, and the individual in this case, is Bon Bon, and to her it is worth it.
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I try, thank you for reading it.
7709347 society's definition of happiness is a complicating one, I find it wrong and misleading. Happiness is described as a state of being without any worries and being content, a loose definition and an unrealistic one. Such act of contentment mostly cannot be achieved after adolescence.
What people should be able to live with their misery, not being ''happy'' but having slightly better day. If you try to happy it will only lead to misery.
Life is encountering problems and solving them, happiness is being in a content state which does not require you to do anything.
And this is my observation and personal experience: People achieve nothing without pain, things don't get better until they get really worse (until it bothers people so much until they decide to do something against it) and if you mainly focus on happiness you will achieve nothing and that will bring misery.
There are an article and comics which explains the concepts further:
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/unhappy
http://existentialcomics.com/comic/42
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304746604577379891905861390
I've met several people who would disagree with you on that. Myself included. When it's cold out and I have a cup of hot cocoa or a bowl of chicken soup, when you are tired and go to sleep hugging another person.
Now maybe that doesn't match your definition of happiness, maybe it doesn't match the definition presented in your comics, that's fine. But you and I? We don't get to decide what words mean, society does as a whole, and people are happy, every now and then, in beautiful little ways.