On Pain
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart. —Socrates
Above: Darkness is the absence of light. Death, the absence of pain. Neither is good.
To be young is to think your pain is unique.
To be old is to know it is universal.
Per my about page, White Noise is a work of experimentation. I view it as a sort of thinking aloud, a stress testing of my nascent ideas. Through it, I hope to sharpen my opinions against the whetstone of other people’s feedback, commentary, and input.
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With sincere gratitude,
Tom