Feeling anything but witty today. Wonky, weird, whack, maybe...but those sound enormously cheesy. Then again, to be perfectly honest, most or all alliterations sound cheesy to some degree. I digress.
"Detachment" from an emotion is a concept that I feel is hard to grasp (not as hard to grasp as calculus, otherwise I'd be doing my final project...alas...). Our generation is so stressed, unhappy, bored, depressed. We feel pains that could be fixed simply with a good cry and some reflection, but instead we seek out distraction to fill the void. ( I saw we because I, too, am guilty x___x) Morrie says "detach" from the depression or anger by first attaching yourself to it, getting familiar with it, so its familiarity will allow you to let it go. I know, I was confused, too. :(
Maybe I can think of it this way. When I'm hungry, there is a void in my stomach. Thus, I am compelled to eat. If I were to eat an apple or two, I'd be well filled, my hunger completely satiated. Instead, I choose to eat Hot Cheetos, or the like. And because the chemical flavors are so addicting, I eat a handful, come back hungry 15 minutes later, and eat another handful, and so on...next thing I know, my body is responding with breakouts and weight gain. In the same way, when I'm upset, there's a void. A void that could be easily filled with a few minutes of crying. Instead, I choose to go on youtube or facebook to try to stifle this frustration. I feel better, come back upset 15 minutes later and watch more videos. And so the cycle continues, and gradually along with frustration comes depression, anger, etc. I think that maybe learning to detach is simply recognizing the hot cheetos from the apples...
Blah, thinking is strenuous. Just like apples are hard to chew. But both are good for you, haha.
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This post was brought to you by my embarrassingly disjunct thoughts >.>
