there's really no point in trying to please other people is there, I mean ultimately when you think about it, it isn't going to matter in the long run and even though it might seem that at least part of the key to happiness lies in this idea of somehow serving other people I don't think it's true or necessary and it's interesting to me that we have been forced to believe that somehow it is very important that other people derive some sort of joy from you, some sort of joy that you are actively providing. I've definitely fallen into this myself, missing the point that selfishness is actually a good thing and doing for yourself won't ever turn on you or cheat on you or lie to you or betray you in any way and it's pretty hard to misrepresent yourself to yourself, changing into a different person after you've worked your way in...



Mostly people grow weary of each other, ok maybe it isn't quite that cut and dried or quite that black and white, but it IS true that familiarity, while not necessarily breeding contempt does breed a certain kind of laziness and dull acceptance and results in a lack of effort that perpetuates the inevitable boredom to come. I suppose then the trick is to actually welcome the boredom, to look at it as a positive?



I don't know, maybe there's nothing wrong with rumbling along in a dull, predictable way.