My friend, Shona Moonbeam, over at www.knomochoicius.com, shared a piece of a William Blake poem with me tonight.
We were talking about a book I’m reading called “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson.
I’ll write more about the book later, but for now it’s enough to say … wow. Seventy-eight pages in and I’m blown away.
From the front flap:
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger shows us that the key to being happier is to stop trying to be “positive” all the time and instead to become better at handling adversity.
“Fuck positivity,” Mark Manson says. “Let’s be honest; sometimes things are fucked up and we have to live with it.”
Silly me. For most of my life I’ve been under the mistaken impression that we can reach a state of satisfaction and happiness without suffering. Mark says this is impossible, because the human condition includes both joy and pain … or “joy and woe” as William Blake said.
Oh.
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Hmm, Mr. M sounds a bit like my former boss (swell enough fella) when he opined, “There are only two things we can do about it: Worry or not.” Doesn’t mean we shouldn’t maintain keen personalities. Good character is a person’s first-best weapon.
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Hmmm, Does he say “handling diversity” or adversity?
Just curious.
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Good catch. Voice to text. Fixed. Thanks!
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