• exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    True bliss is being able to live the serenity prayer (at least stripped of the religious aspects): the courage to change the things you can, the serenity to accept the things you can’t, and the wisdom to know the difference.

    People who feel burdened by knowledge tend to be bad at separating the concept of things that are bad and things that you should actually worry about.

    Ignorance of danger might be good for happiness if you’re powerless to stop it. But it might be bad for happiness if you suffer harm that you didn’t have to, just because of your own ignorance. People who live like that sometimes feel like they’re just tossed around by the world, powerless against the forces that affect their lives.

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      1 day ago

      Take my love, take my land

      Take me where I cannot stand

      I don’t care, I’m still free

      You can’t take the sky from me

      Take me out to the black

      Tell them I ain’t comin’ back

      Burn the land and boil the sea

      You can’t take the sky from me

      There’s no place I can be

      Since I’ve found Serenity

      And you can’t take the sky from me