The Eternal Disappointment Of Life As It Is

Feelings are not as old as time.

Just as there was a first instant when someone rubbed two sticks together to make a spark, there was a first time joy was felt, and a first time for sadness. For a while, new feelings were being invented all the time. Desire was born early, as was regret. When stubbornness was felt for the first time, it started a chain reaction, creating the feeling of resentment on the one hand, and alienation and loneliness on the other. It might have been a certain counterclockwise movement of the hips that marked the birth of ecstasy; a bolt of lightning that caused the first feeling of awe. Contrary to logic, the feeling of surprise wasn't born immediately. It only came after people had enough time to get used to things as they were. And when enough time had passed, and someone felt the first feeling of surprise, someone, somewhere else, felt the first pang of nostalgia.

It's also true that sometimes people felt things and, because there was no word for them, they went unmentioned. The oldest emotion in the world may be that of being moved; but to describe it-- just to name it-- must have been like tryig to catch something invisible.

(Then again, the oldest feeling in the world might simply have been confusion)

Having begun to feel, people's desire to feel grew. They wanted to feel more, feel deeper, despite how much it sometimes hurt. People became addicted to feeling. They struggled to uncover new emotions. It's possible that this is how art was born. New kinds of joy were forged, along withnew kinds of sadness: The eternal disappointment of life as it is; the relief of unexpected reprieve; the fear of dying.

Even now, all possible feelings do not yet exist. There are still those that lie beyond our capacity and our imagination. From time to time, when a piece of music no one has ever written, or a painting no one has ever painted, or somethin else impossible to predict, fathom, or yet describe takes place, a new feeling enters the world. And then, for the millionth time in the history of feeling, the heart surges, and absorbs the impact.

Yes, this is my second post of the day.
I recently blogged about how the universe sends you the things you need when you really need them. The universe sends signs and messages. I believe very strongly in signs and messages. Very strongly.
"Coincidence is god's way of staying anonymous"

I was (again) wondering how long I should carry on this blog for. I was wondering if it was helpful, if anyone cared, and if I was even good anymore.

Then, in the form of an anonymous poet, the universe let me know that this is the right thing.

In all the pieces of my life that I have lost in the last x amount years of my life, I am slowly gaining them back through words.

Thank you for not knowing me, for pretending you do, and even for letting me pretend you do too.