I don't have respect for pointless suffering. I DO have respect for being stubborn enough about what one does and thinks in life to not just be satisfied with whatever lot you're cast, whatever is expected, whatever everybody else is doing. I have respect for honesty and openness and passion and those things that make me think that maybe humanity is worth it.
I was thinking as I was walking, actually...like, love is something that's suffering to no end other than itself, and that's what makes it beautiful. Why would you give your life for another person? Not because their life is worth more, not because of anything rational. It's the same with any passion. Is it worth the suffering? It doesn't matter. It's something higher than that, because what you do with your passion will never be worth any amount of suffering, unlike labor that gets traded for a wage.
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Date: 2009-08-09 05:20 am (UTC)I was thinking as I was walking, actually...like, love is something that's suffering to no end other than itself, and that's what makes it beautiful. Why would you give your life for another person? Not because their life is worth more, not because of anything rational. It's the same with any passion. Is it worth the suffering? It doesn't matter. It's something higher than that, because what you do with your passion will never be worth any amount of suffering, unlike labor that gets traded for a wage.