Have you ever read The Alchemist?
I was talking to my friend Lori about it today, wondering about signs and tests and how to tell the difference between the two.
Sometimes, you see a discouraging sign on your path; you begin to think, what a shame...maybe this isn't the path I am supposed to follow. Supposedly, the discouragement is simply a test. Do you really want to stay on this path?
Now, the assumption is that you have one goal, one path—you don't feel equally passionately about following multiple paths. Tough for the indecisive, or the I-can-be-happy-on-a-variety-of-life-paths kinda people...like moi.
What if the discouraging sign looked really attractive? Maybe what you assume to be the test is actually the omen guiding you, and everything else has been false—the comfort in security ∴ Sartre's notion of bad faith ∴ what you thought you should want ∴ what you have convinced yourself you do want.
Maybe none of it matters. Just gotta pick one path, start walking, and accept the consequences. Do it your way; do it with style. (Maybe not unlike mcp 's "the fat kid.")
What do you think?
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