The world has two types of people. There are those that are truly happy with themselves, and those that are not.
Now imagine that all the happy people are in a hot-air balloon (ok not all in one cuz that would be absurd.) Anyways, there they are, flying high cuz life is seen in a happy light. All the happy people can communicate on a different level with each other because they ARE on that same level with one another.
Now the unhappy people are down on the ground. They can be unhappy because there really are many depressing things in this world that they can't seem to shake. Whether it be something in their past, or just a crappy set of things that happened one after the other....they are stuck. They see all the happy people up high, maybe some of them might have friends that are in the balloons. They can communicate with the other unhappy people on the ground, but they really don't get anywhere. They hold each other down. The unhappy ones can't really communicate with the happy ones because they are so far away. (much like a defensive wall that people put up.)
Now.....what happens to the happy people that have friends or family that are unhappy? Well, we care a lot about them, so we can't leave them behind. We want them to soar with us. We want them to realize that unhappiness is a sickness that can be remedied, with time, or with our help. The only way that this can be symbolized is by a 10-pound sandbag. Yes, the happy people are up high, but with every unhappy person we encounter and care about, a 10-pound sandbag is added to our balloon. Lower and lower we get towards the ground. That is the way that we can communicate with the unhappy ones, by being brought back down. It is easier for the happy people to give in and get brought down to the unhappy people than for the happy people to simply cast out a line and have the unhappy people climb up. They cannot see how great true happiness is, because thier mind and judgement are clouded in sadness.
Conversations between an unhappy person and a happy person are quite interesting and predictable. A happy person will know the nature of the other person within moments of initiating an interesting conversation. Two happy people conversing are like two instruments in perfect harmony. Ideas and thoughts are appreciated, shared and praised. An unhappy person conversing with a happy person will feel like they are getting lectured and bring up random sad thoughts to the table without even knowing any better. It is sad but it is true.
Unhappy people see the happy ones as strange. They do not understand how one can be happy all the time, because they themselves are sad most of the time. If they only knew how simple it really was. Happiness does not involve blind stupidity, where EVERYTHING is peachy. It is about having the mindset that no matter what happens, something good can come out of it. No matter who another person is, you gotta believe that there is good in them. No matter how shitty a situation is, some lesson can come out of it. No matter how bad something in the past was, you gotta remember where it is: THE PAST. A lot of people say that they are happy without even knowing what true happiness is. I am not hating on these people, but if you think you are happy, then why do all the sad things come out? Why all the negativity? Why do you front like yer shit don't stink? LOL
Back to the Balloons. In a perfect society, everyone would have their own hot air balloon with no need for the ground.
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