"Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the centre of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them."
//Jonathan Franzen; How to be Alone: Essays
He's right. In the end, we see our dreams as untenable, unreachable, unattainable only because deep-down, we are so entrenched in our comfort zones that we have been wired to be ultra-conformists. We are so scared of stepping out for the sake of maintaining our comfortable lifestyles. There is nothing innately wrong in that, if only our definition of a comfortable life did not keep changing, the bar did not keep getting higher. It's not just about having to give unreasonable time or effort, it's about whether we dare to give it an unreasonable amount of heart.
"Imagine that human existence is defined by an Ache: the Ache of our not being, each of us, the centre of the universe; of our desires forever outnumbering our means of satisfying them."
//Jonathan Franzen; How to be Alone: Essays
He's right. In the end, we see our dreams as untenable, unreachable, unattainable only because deep-down, we are so entrenched in our comfort zones that we have been wired to be ultra-conformists. We are so scared of stepping out for the sake of maintaining our comfortable lifestyles. There is nothing innately wrong in that, if only our definition of a comfortable life did not keep changing, the bar did not keep getting higher. It's not just about having to give unreasonable time or effort, it's about whether we dare to give it an unreasonable amount of heart.
