[quote=ltsdd][quote=scaredyclassic]I’m extremely interested in what will happen to my kids, but deep down I know it will ultimately primarily be suffering and disappointment, with occasional boredom, same as it has been for all mankind for millenia.[/quote]
That’s how I see things also. It’s pretty much a struggle throughout k-12, then college, then “life”. I am working hard to get out of the rat race and get my life back. But by then there will be new struggles and battles – old age and bad health. Life sucks.[/quote]
Well, yeah. But pessimism as a world view can be very liberating.
Perhaps Schopenhauer’s studies in pessimism can help see you through. Chapter 1 above to me is kibd of a hoot, if im in the right mood. Plus, it feels true. So Yeats some consolation. .
