How possible is it that you are actually incapable of doing something? As imperfect beings, can we truly do ANYTHING? Most would assume that we're better off thinking that all things are possible. However, it reminds me of the basic Buddhist belief that desire brings suffering. If you cease to desire, you can find true happiness, achieving nirvana. For many that's a concept that is blasphemous. We are so driven on worldly things that the thought of not wanting things is inconceivable. I'm not picking a side, but it's a good topic for discussion.
If you don't desire, you can never be let down. However, achievement often brings great joy. With the way the world has been built, can you survive by not desiring anything? Social Darwinism would like us to believe that only the strong survive in society. Can you be strong without desiring to be the best? Then again, what is considered "strong"? What is considered achievement? To some, a lack of desire IS suffering. It's such a radical difference in one's psychology. Maybe we are built as such that we're programmed to subconsciously accept either way of life. That is, finding happiness in trying to be "the best" or finding happiness without being tied down to our own (possibly unachievable?) desires. What are you better off attempting to do, nothing or everything?
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