You think things are piling up and that people are piling on. You should think that. Most likely, you are not paranoid. Piling up and piling on are the ways of the world, not just the “modern” world, but really, the ways of the world. Think there was only one predator outside your ancient ancestors’ caves? So, what’s your choice? Unless you have independent means with an indestructible shelter and endless supplies, you don’t have an escape option. Even in that shelter, by the way, some microscopic critter with an ability to do you in will keep up the pressure. Better to deal with the piling.
You won’t succeed in handling the piling up and on without accepting that you live on a surface interrupted by accumulations, the “piles.” You can level some of them, but not all, especially since some will grow as you reduce others. Your life’s landscape is probably not going to be a plain, but if it appears so generally, you’ll recognize slight changes in elevation, changes that are the natural consequence of your being. Think of this: Even if you stand still for a million years and nothing else around changes, you’ll see that by gravity itself the place where you stand is a different elevation, a lower one because of your mass weighing on the ground, regardless of its material makeup. Look at old stone benches, old porches and roofs on houses, and leaning utility pools on hillsides: You can’t escape the gravity of your existence. No, standing still eventually puts you in a hole.
You create an uneven landscape just by being. You could complain, of course. Seems that your job is a continuing one: Level the piles as you can and rejoice that there will always be others to flatten. Remember, however, that if you think you will succeed by standing still, the ground beneath you will compress into a hole. And the longer you stand there, the deeper the hole will become.
You won’t succeed in handling the piling up and on without accepting that you live on a surface interrupted by accumulations, the “piles.” You can level some of them, but not all, especially since some will grow as you reduce others. Your life’s landscape is probably not going to be a plain, but if it appears so generally, you’ll recognize slight changes in elevation, changes that are the natural consequence of your being. Think of this: Even if you stand still for a million years and nothing else around changes, you’ll see that by gravity itself the place where you stand is a different elevation, a lower one because of your mass weighing on the ground, regardless of its material makeup. Look at old stone benches, old porches and roofs on houses, and leaning utility pools on hillsides: You can’t escape the gravity of your existence. No, standing still eventually puts you in a hole.
You create an uneven landscape just by being. You could complain, of course. Seems that your job is a continuing one: Level the piles as you can and rejoice that there will always be others to flatten. Remember, however, that if you think you will succeed by standing still, the ground beneath you will compress into a hole. And the longer you stand there, the deeper the hole will become.
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