Brenton
How Does Bob Get Happy?
October 20th 2006 01:48
So... we've seen why Bob is unhappy - but how does he get happy?
Well let's try something out - Bob sells the chair to a friend. He uses the money to buy a birdcage so he can watch and live near birds. He breeds them, and gives two of the eggs to the little girl next door, who cheers up.
Then he goes on with his life, and sadness once again ensures.
The thing is, Bob, like the good portion of the human race he represents, has treated the symptoms, not the problems. He's made no changes to the way he interprets and strives for happiness, attempts to change the outside factors, or his long term behaviour.
Humans are visual creatures. We need examples before we move to make changes. Remember the impact that Aussie series Seachange made on peoples lives? That's because everyone had something visual, something exemplary to work off.
Thing is, dramatic life re-interpretation rarely makes it's way to screen. It's in our head. We think of the way we want to live and consider it a dream. And as a society we've been conditioned to understand a dream is something nice to ponder on, but useless to pursue.
Now, I'm by no means saying leave your partner to pursue that all women rugby team commune in Hawaii you want so dearly. Discovering a reality different to your dream - but recognising how fulfilling it is regardless, isn't settling for second best, it's recognising the brilliance of something you couldn't even see coming.
We need to learn to dream properly again. We need leader to give us the visuals to learn again. And we need to start to reinterpret the world again.
And maybe then, Bob might just cheer up a bit.
Well let's try something out - Bob sells the chair to a friend. He uses the money to buy a birdcage so he can watch and live near birds. He breeds them, and gives two of the eggs to the little girl next door, who cheers up.
Then he goes on with his life, and sadness once again ensures.
Poor Bob
The thing is, Bob, like the good portion of the human race he represents, has treated the symptoms, not the problems. He's made no changes to the way he interprets and strives for happiness, attempts to change the outside factors, or his long term behaviour.
Humans are visual creatures. We need examples before we move to make changes. Remember the impact that Aussie series Seachange made on peoples lives? That's because everyone had something visual, something exemplary to work off.
Thing is, dramatic life re-interpretation rarely makes it's way to screen. It's in our head. We think of the way we want to live and consider it a dream. And as a society we've been conditioned to understand a dream is something nice to ponder on, but useless to pursue.
Now, I'm by no means saying leave your partner to pursue that all women rugby team commune in Hawaii you want so dearly. Discovering a reality different to your dream - but recognising how fulfilling it is regardless, isn't settling for second best, it's recognising the brilliance of something you couldn't even see coming.
We need to learn to dream properly again. We need leader to give us the visuals to learn again. And we need to start to reinterpret the world again.
And maybe then, Bob might just cheer up a bit.
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