Spare yourself trouble

July 11th, 2023

Life is best taken in small and easy-to-digest bites. Bite only what you can chew and don't try to get too much at once. We aren't built as creators who can digest the whole process or the whole world. We are just ground-dwelling animals with our noses firmly pointing to a spot that is just in front of us. We can make sense of that tiny sliver we can see ahead of us and the moment we dare to look further (or god forbid — upwards), then the whole perception of order stops making any sense.

It is not easy to look ahead and up to see and sense the eternal problems like life and death and the brevity of time and the reason why a rose looks and smells like it does, and the changing seasons and stars and galaxies and nebulas. That can only bring trouble. Trouble for expected and needed peace of mind we tirelessly search for. That is why it is for the best to keep our minds on small stuff and solvable problems just in front of us. The society we live in will keep bringing those small things for us to be busy and occupied and the leaders will take care of the rest.

Once you are busy and keep your mind occupied on solving the countless problems and issues brought forward by the way we live and move in society — there cannot be any trouble. No trouble stirring in internal life for an individual and no trouble brewing for those we decide to have the power and the burden of making decisions for us. Every map that shows the way of life has the route already marked out for us and we accept it as it is for the best for us. No checking for other options is necessary. To live normal lives, we need to tranquilize ourselves with the easy and the trivial.