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Thoughts of ZHAMES pt 1

This world could not have been the work of an all-loving Being, but rather that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order to delight in the sight of their sufferings; to this the data pointed, and the belief that it is so won the upper hand.'
reduced expectations by Schophenhauer & ZHames

I had few friends and entered conversations with reduced expecctationsSometimes I speak to men and women just as a little girl speaks to her doll. She knows, of course, that the doll does not understand her, but she creates for herself the joy of communication through a pleasant and conscious self-deception.
Happiness, an Epicurean List (friendship)

We don't exist unless there is someone who can see us existing, what we say has no meaning until someone can understand, while to be surrounded by friends is constantly to have our identity confirmed; their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness. In small comments, many of them teasing, they reveal they know our foibles and accept them and so, in turn, accept that we have a place in the world. We can ask them 'Isn't he frightening?' or 'Do you ever feel that...?' and be understood, rather than encounter the puzzled 'No, not particularly' - which can make us feel, even when in company, as lonely as polar explorers.
Consolations Of Difficulities By Zhames & Nietzsche

To cut out every negative root would simultaneously mean choking off positive elements that might arise from it further up the stem of the plant.Flower -Art, Beauty & Lovethe roots and stem of the flower - anger, pity, curiousity and vanity.WE SHOUD NOT FEEL EMBARASSED BY OUR DIFFICULTIES, ONLY BY OUR FAILURE TO GROW ANYTHING BEAUTIFUL.Fulfilment is reached by responding wisely to difficulties that could tear one apart. Why? Because no one is able to produce a great work of art without experience, nor achieve a worldly position immediately nor be a great lover at the first attempt: and...