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lately i've been asked to take part in something inspiring. rather, a publication that will focus on inspiring stories, for a world that lacks ... well, inspiration ;)

rather, the people behind the project wish to create a venue, a pole, a deep well? of stories inspiring that they see to be lacking, and that people need.

i have had my doubts because one, i feel it creates a false dichotomy between what's inspiring and what's not. that some things are inspiring, and others are not. but isn't it that all experiences just are, and what is inspiring is what appeals or what moves us depending on what we need to find appealing or moving at particular points of being ourselves?

also, it perpetuates the yearning for perpetual happiness, and the ever-present fear of sadness. as if life were possible being lived only on the side of happiness. but isn't it that happiness and sadness just are, and what we need is to recognize the joy and sorrow within ourselves, to experience these and let them go. they will flow like the tides regardless of who we are, what we have, and what we are doing.

still, it is true that media today spreads much doom and gloom, possibly at the expense of inspiration. there are many inspiring stories that need to be told and shared, and chewed, and swallowed, and learned from.

for as long as we are able to avoid adding to the universal all-encompassing pressure that humans need to be, have to be, happy. otherwise, they're shit.

inspired, why not?