First, accept
That you can't live without love.
Now,
When they say they love you
Believe it
Without looking too closely into it.
For otherwise
You'll discover that everyone in the world,
Including yourself,
Is so ruthlessly selfish,
And loves no one else but oneself.
And you'll not want to live.
--
"Love" is meant as in goodwill and empathy of people. And the last line embodies a thought that choosing to live without love is not living, and doesn't literally mean wanting to die. Although that's also a possibility, depending on how much closely one looks at life. Because the closer one looks, the more bereft of meaning one will become in life. If one can help it, one must, before it's too late.
Goes out for hyper-rational truth-seekers.
That you can't live without love.
Now,
When they say they love you
Believe it
Without looking too closely into it.
For otherwise
You'll discover that everyone in the world,
Including yourself,
Is so ruthlessly selfish,
And loves no one else but oneself.
And you'll not want to live.
--
"Love" is meant as in goodwill and empathy of people. And the last line embodies a thought that choosing to live without love is not living, and doesn't literally mean wanting to die. Although that's also a possibility, depending on how much closely one looks at life. Because the closer one looks, the more bereft of meaning one will become in life. If one can help it, one must, before it's too late.
Goes out for hyper-rational truth-seekers.
everyone who can should.. love
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