The Significance of Challenges
Sometimes I worry I'll end up like Van Gogh, who saw the beauty in things around him despite his own struggles, translated it on canvas and no one understood him until he was gone. Then I snap out of it and realize even this might be wishing too much. A step back. How much does this all matter? My personal battles, my feelings of being not understood. To me, obviously, they feel at that moment very important, but how much does an individual's setback matter? Someone has a bad day. The cake fell on the floor when taking it out of the oven. A stolen bike. A tick already with its jaws buried in the scalp. Someone not taking your feelings in consideration. Sickness. Loss. Bad hair day. From minor to major and back, the whole spectrum ever present. Not again, man... And the larger struggles. Failing policies. Terrorism. Climate change. How much do they matter? You only need to go to space and our Earthly problems gets insignificant very fast. You only need to