“As
a rule, man is a fool, When it's hot, he wants it cool; When it's cool, he
wants it hot, Always wanting what is not…” As what the poem signifies, human by
nature has infinite desires, that when once fail to acquire, will cause him
great torment of a feeling of enmity and loss; in short Emptiness. What is Emptiness? People may have varied
concept about it, but I myself, with regards to it have only one definition. Emptiness is an Empty life, and an empty life
means meaningless.
Since
I come to know the world and was slowly exposed to it, I got this kind of feeling
that I often feel. It is an ugly
explicable feeling that raises thousands of questions wherein answers are hard
to come by; seemingly putting me into a never-ending quandary, resulting to an excessive
despair. Excessive enough to make me
think that ending life is better than struggling to fight against something
that is beyond my comprehension.
Crazy? Yes indeed. But that is how it made me
feel. After a series of cogitation I
came to realize that ending life is never the answer, rather it’s an act of
cowardice that will just prove how meaningless my life would be, if I am going
to end it. Nonetheless, I managed to keep my sanity, and as I was musing over my agony, I found varied
reasons as a remedy for my debilitating fortitude.
Whilst
Emptiness ruminates in my life, it becomes clear that it is a feeling that could
possibly dangers one’s life. Emptiness, when not be controlled will destroy not only good life but also good relationships.
Why? Basically, Emptiness is a feeling of bitterness rooted from a feeling of
loss. Thus making you feel miserable, misleading your perception of life,
thereby wanting you to alienate yourself from the world, preferring to live your life in apathy.
Living in apathy is a lot of stress; it does not do
any good in life and just ruins everything that is left in you. Obviously it is
a deterrent for happiness and a trap for having a good life. Furthermore it is
a good avenue for loneliness, the turning point to extreme depression that when
embraced and nurtured will just worsen everything. This is maybe just nothing for others, but
it’s always a distress when you are fighting against your own self whereby
coping up or opposing emptiness is never been an easy game.
Mode mastering
is one way as to how to subdue Emptiness. Once stricken by it, one should never
even think to kneel down and succumb to it. Adopting loss and accepting defeat
is one good start to overcome depression. Withdrawing oneself to the crowd is
never a good idea in taming loneliness, insomuch that it could make you feel
better, and on the contrary it will just make you gloomier. Finding a diversion or asking some help is
never a crime especially if you love yourself. Although Emptiness is one of the
hardest feelings to deal with, conquering it is never impossible. Endurance is
the key and perseverance is the answer to divert a meaningless life into a
meaningful one.
Human by nature is insatiable, reason enough to believe
that no matter what, Emptiness will remain in the midst of life ready to devour
it anytime. Learning how to master modes is one way as to not be drowned by its
charm. Moreover Endurance and Perseverance is a good shield against it. To add up,
loving oneself is the will to survive. Nothing is impossible for a soul who has
the will to divert a meaningless life into a life with purpose…
