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Does this knowledge change anything for any of us? Does knowing that we have choices, and we can choose to be happy, make anyone do so? Not in my experience. We are caught up in how we're "supposed" to be, and we make it easy for ourselves to believe that the happiness we shut out wasn't real. After all, how can happiness be real? It can only be real if it's fraught with obstacles and anger and coldness. The other stuff? Just fairy tale.
There is an important lesson to learn here, but man hasn't learned it much since the beginning of time, and I doubt we ever will.
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A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice.
--Bill Cosby
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