Paradigm Shifting

     Enlightenment is not always a good thing. So many details have been glossed over to keep things beautiful and pristine in our deluded state. It is amazing how a writer( or many others with the creative spark)will create the story in their minds that they want to live out. In an effort of blind optimism, we take a situation and wrap it in illusions till it satisfies our desires and we are not even aware of doing so.

      But even this cannot last. Cracks appear in the foundation. The paint begins to peel. And soon, the whole structure that built with sweat, blood and dreams begins to collapse from the strain of sustaining false hopes. The tragedy is that it is not instantaneous. In slow motion, then pieces split and crumble into dust, settling softly on you as gaze upwards in disbelief.

      "These are hard times for dreamers," seems to be the motto these days. Social media is a constant affirmation. You watch with a strange sense of detachment as hopes swell and then are snuffed out in a variety of scenarios. In the back of your mind you keep on trying to convince yourself to stay positive in spite of a multitude of evidence that tries to drag you down. Sometimes, it feels like you are fighting a fruitless battle.