Revision #2

There is neither happiness 

nor misery in the world;

there is only the comparison

of one state with another,

nothing more. He who

has felt the deepest grief

is best able to experience

supreme happiness.

~Edmond Dantes

I love all these quotes, so I thought I would do my second revision on a thorough explanation on why I love these quotes so much.

#1. I touched on this quote a bit in some of my other posts, so I will not talk about this quote a lot. We as humans are so full of mistakes. We hurt and we stress and we worry. But those who live such extravagant lives need more than that in order to be happy. If someone lives on the street, they would be overjoyed to be able to live the life that the person is living even if it's just for one day. The people that know how it truly is to suffer will be more joyous when they get out of that suffering state.

  #2. "The battle over flesh and blood cannot compare to the battle for the heart." I believe the author meant this in a religious way, but one does not have to look at it in that light. But as a Christian, what lies on the outside does not matter. What only matters is if our heart and soul is in the right place. Whatever people believe in, most believe that there is some kind of life after death. As for Christians, we believe that if we love God and follow him with all of our heart, we will go to heaven forever. If we don't, we will not go to heaven. So, no matter if we are beautiful or ugly, or wealthy or poor, that will not determine what our heart and soul can.

 #3. "A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities." To me, the world lives on hope. If there is not something greater for us in the future, why are we even living? It can be hope in an amazing vacation coming up or being reunited with a best friend. For a Christian, our hope is in a better life, in heaven. So to dream is to hope. When we dream, we dream of something better. Of a beautiful house, an amazing family, a dream vacation. We live off our dreams. We dream of a better future. That one dream is what life is made of. Without dreaming, the person (it seems like) is set on the bad stuff that is happening. The reality. "You want a job? I bet there is 200 people trying out for it. You have a .5% chance of getting that position." It just sounds so negative. That person shouldn't burst that person's dream bubble.

 #4. "Not to dare is to lose oneself." This quote is kind of hard to explain. The way I see it is one can't live a very interesting life without taking some kind of risk. That is not how this world works. If one wants to stand out in the world and be someone, they must take a risk. Some examples of this would be: applying for a job halfway across the country, going on a date with that one guy, saving a little extra money in hopes that one wont have to work over the summer so they can go on a vacation. If someone doesn't dare, they get lost in the chaos of the world, trying to live life in a recliner in a small house.