There are some who see the world as it is. If you in the pursuit of happiness, you will have it. And if you are in this urge to keep yourself affected by everything, you will give in to depression.
Find your Way to Happiness. Cheers.
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The Parable of the Quicksand
by Sherrie Mills Johnson
One day while bird-watching in the forest, Clarence came upon a man stuck up to his waist in quicksand. Surprised that the man who was sinking deeper each minute wasn’t calling for help, Clarence asked if he wanted help. “Another one of you bird-watchers,” the man said. “You think you have all the answers.”
Startled, Clarence said, “But I have a good, sturdy rope. I could tie it to a tree and give you the end so you could pull yourself out.”
“You just don’t see reality do you?” the sinking man said. “You think that all there is to life is walking along your way enjoying nature, observing birds. But reality is mud and quicksand and those are the things we need to deal with in life. You think just because I hold on to some rope I can be out of this mess?”
“Well, yes. I once fell in quicksand, but I got out by using a rope.”
“How little you know of life. Are you not educated? Have you been so brainwashed so that you don’t see reality? I know your type. A simpleton with Pollyanna solutions to life’s deepest problems.”
Clarence could see that the man was getting deeper and deeper into the muck and he feared for the man’s life. “But you are sinking fast. Please let me help you out!”
The man laughed. “You think a rope is going to save mankind from all the sinkholes in the world. Take off your rose-colored glasses, man! See reality for a change! This is reality!” and he pointed to the mud that engulfed him.
“But I’m standing on dry ground. That mud is not my reality.”
“So naïve!” the man said. But by now his chin was touching the mud.
“Please,” Clarence called one last time. “Let me help you. There is so much more to the forest than quicksand. Let me give you the rope and then show you the trees and animals and flowers.”
But it was too late. With a proud, all-knowing smirk on his face the man slowly disappeared into the mud.
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