tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post4221409882142447130..comments2024-03-26T10:26:51.288-04:00Comments on Jim Leff's Slog: Paradise LostJim Leffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00007232702717055047noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640470443420164863.post-40575518030033352332019-04-22T00:21:57.179-04:002019-04-22T00:21:57.179-04:00"If you could enter a person's head and l..."If you could enter a person's head and listen to their thought stream, you'd hear a nonstop litany of complaints about what's missing. " Leff<br /><br />I have trouble with that now for sure. When I was younger I had more trouble with guilt. I felt remorse over all that I had, health, able bodied, living in a 1st world country. I think I grew up in an era where healthy, able bodied, and 1st world children were shamed for what they had by their teachers and the T.V. I felt like I didn't deserve nor earn any of what I had. This brought me a lot of unhappiness if I remember correctly. I felt bad for having all four limbs when others didn't.<br /><br />I think my father told me something to the extent like <i>"you have it so good and you don't even know it."</i> This all goes in line with there are starving people in India, and you have food on your plate, so feel lots of negative feelings of guilt and remorse because it is the Christian thing to do. <br /><br />I found reason helps a lot. Feeling negative feelings about having food on your plate while others don't won't help. If you really want to help educate yourself on the problem of 3rd world hunger. Educate others on the issue, maybe march or donate money or something. Or perhaps work on another easier problem.<br /><br /><i>"Before I do, think of the last moment when it all felt perfect; when you wouldn't have changed a single thing. Try to remember. I'll wait."</i><br /><br />Happens several times a day, usually when I am petting an animal or highly engrossed in T.V., eating food, drinking a delicious beverage, or video games. My mood is a roller coaster of up and downs throughout the day. <br /><br />"How was paradise lost? " Leff<br /><br />As soon as my interest in the task began to wane. My attention would drift to my fatigue, soreness, dark and edgy fantasy involving violent flat Earthers in space ships and lizard men who believe they are the master race. <br /><br />I have my doubts about the depression part. I think depression is a serious mental issue that should be left to professionals. After my dabbling in quackery, I tend to value expert opinion more and be skeptical of non-professional's opinions. Anonymous cowardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10735960620188022682noreply@blogger.com