Intrepid

Myriad Reality

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There's a lot of picking and choosing to do.

@Legend

No doubt. But that’s just part of living, I guess? You gotta make your own way, in the end. No one can tell you how to be except for you, and that includes what you take away from your experiences.

Myriad Reality

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Sometimes any meaning would be a paradox.

@Legend

Yeah, which is why it’s hard to take everything thrown at you at face value. You have to pick and choose, in a sense.

Myriad Reality

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It's less about bad things in life and more about trying to find some kind of meaning when there more than likely isn't any. For me, anyway.

@Legend

Existence might dish things out without meaning, but that shouldn’t mean we can’t take something from nothing. What things mean to you is what’s important.

Myriad Reality

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You're right. There are some things that shouldn't be given thought when there's so much good to think about.

@Legend

It’s not like the concern isn’t justified, but it’s definitely easier to focus on what sucks, for some reason. Even if it’s outweighed by the good.

Myriad Reality

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I try to not think about it. But sometimes that makes it hit much harder.

@Legend

There’s a lot of hopeful things too. Like, we can wake up every day knowing we have friends and family to spend time with, and share moments. Kind of like this one. There’s always going to be something here for us.

Myriad Reality

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No, it's not that. Just a brief moment of... I suppose what you'd call "existential dread."

@Legend

It’s hard to shake that feeling. I guess... I guess the dread has to be balanced by looking at its opposite.

Myriad Reality

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*Closes my eyes and shakes my head*
No, never mind. I didn't have anything in particular.

@Legend

You can’t just say that. You’ve spent the last however long listening to me spill my heart out. If something is genuinely on your mind, I’d like to return the favor.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks at the stars*
But I'd like to think about something happier.

@Legend

*Tilts my head*
What’d you have in mind?

Myriad Reality

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Painful lessons, too.

@Legend

Sometimes, definitely.

Myriad Reality

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If I didn't know better, I'd ask if there was some kind of meaning behind it.

@Legend

I guess that it only goes as far as meaning you want to take from it. Nothing has intended meaning, but we can still learn from whatever hand we’re dealt.