Gray Mage, this is my theory:
Our default setting seems to be set to viewing the negative.
Itīs harder to look at a situation and see the positive because itīs all around. The negative is so rare that it hits us in the face. A 'lot' of it weighs us down.
Itīs also harder to create than destroy. A CD can take months to create yet is snapped in a second. (Iīve had my own disc snapped by someone once.) Same with a painting or pieces of pottery.
Creating takes more energy. Feeding a duck takes sacrifice (bread for it - rather than me), childbirth an incredible amount of sacrifice, effort and pain.
Papers/The News etc. are about making money, we see something horrific and read, or watch. Do we feel better? Is our existance enhanced? Thatīs not the point to the media owner is it.
Pardon my cynical view if youīre a Media Mogul.
Anyhow being alive is good. Letīs enjoy the short time while we have it, acknowledge that shit will happen, our plans will get crapped on, and embrace the ride.
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FAIR DINKUM!
[This message has been edited by Yorick (edited 03-06-2001).]