January 2024 (7 months ago)

there's a lot of sadness in this world

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most people don’t see it.

in germany, late at night, a girl stands and pauses in front of a sign: schönen urlaub. a lovely vacation from the harsh reality of life.

at an internship, one of the middle managers has a background of a nice house. just a background though. she’s getting older now too it seems.

an old man, once dean of the computing school, walks with a limp alone back to his office. nobody seems to remember who he was.

i don’t know. is it me? am i feeling things where they don’t exist? do i superimpose my imagination onto ordinary events?

it’s ok, it doesn’t matter whether it’s true or not. life is a series of losses. you just try to manage it best you can. it might help if you love pain and can keep moving forward. this sadness will be you one day too. but you’ll understand it, and it won’t hurt that much. your nerves become less intense. the mind dulls.