Humans are defaulted for laziness.
We wake up each day reminding ourselves to fight entropy, for many irresistible, the deteriorating force of our lives. The force that is moving us into a default state, the state of ease and idleness.
Like gravity attracts apples to the earth's nucleus, entropy pulls humans toward a state of greater disorder.
Human nature thrives when overcoming struggle.
To live is to solve the problems life tested you with.
Survival is our second nature.
Inertia is the primary one.
Surviving is the structuring of life, while entropy randomizes it.
Entropy pulls towards chaos.
Survival towards order.
This contrast creates the battle of extremes.
The force of entropy clashes with our primal force for survival, causing a battle of human life.
When opposite forces clash, they disperse energy that adds meaning to our lives.
But how can something come from nothing?
How is a sense of meaning created from the clash of the two opposite forces?
The same as innovation is born.
When a couple of ideas clash together, they create a new one.
Nothing comes from nothing.
The world is perpetually changing, creating new opportunities for innovation.
The compounding effect of small advancements became an “all-of-sudden innovation.”
The constant clash between opposite forces creates the dynamics in your life that produce your life meaning, turning “insurmountable” problems into nobel achievements we will be proud of.
That right there is the secret of fulfillment. It's life’s alchemy. It lets us taste a universal elixir that grants fulfilled life. That’s where our perception of happiness comes from. These two opposite forces coexist simultaneously, but their collision adds sense to our lives.
Can you imagine what life would look like without ever experiencing these two?
Empathic. Hollow. Uninspiring.
Those are the words we used to describe life in which everything was perfect.
Without suffering, you wouldn't know good times are great.
Without contrast in your life, the feeling of gratefulness and appreciation would be unknown to you.
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” — Zora Neale Hurston
If there were no years that asked questions, we wouldn’t recognize years that give us answers.
You would never know what is positive if there is nothing negative to compare in the first place.
Once we distinguish good from evil, we identify our current situations as good or bad.
We start measuring our “success,” comparing it with others, labeling it…
We end up being miserable because somebody out there had a prettier wife, a bigger house, smarter kids…
Your mind won’t calm down as long as it knows it doesn’t have it all.
If we live twice as long as we do, we will be again thirsty for more years of youth.
That’s how humans are. It’s a battle as old as the human spirit.
From Rome's Emperors and Vikings to Queen Elizabeth.
Nobody wants to die too early.
But no matter how long we live, we will always die too early.
The living ones disrespect life, while the dying one yearns for a little more of it.
We all have that part of us who wants to live but not to experience.
Building and creating is the only cure for human greed and anxiety.
You can’t create without being fully present and engaged in action.
Creativity pulls you into the present moment.
All knowledge is only useful if transfused into tangible value.
You must build to survive.
It’s deeply ingrained in human instinct to build —shelter, community, and relationships to be able to extend its race and protect its existence. To live is to build.
What are you doing if not building?
The Galaxy smells like raspberries and tastes like rum.
The battle of human life is the real thing.
Keep Building. The World is Watching.
With love,
Angela <3