Such a rush...

Day 466, 06:36 • Published in Romania Romania • by MoonlightShadow

Wars..I like wars..not for their meaning but for their needing. Everywhere we`re looking there`s a war going on, so a simple conclusion is that wars drives our world(s). A falling apple is at war with the Earth wishing to crush it, a delicate gazelle is at war with the brutal lion wishing to chew her, Muslims are at war with Christianity, Christianity is at war with atheism, order is at war with chaos, AMD is at war with Intel, leucocytes are at war with bacteria, and so on, over and over again. And of course, Atlantis is at war with Peace.

Looks like the war it`s something as necessary as it is a “bad” thing. On the other hand, if we think just for a little while, we`re starting seeing the really tremendous importance of the “bad” things existence. Have you ever wonder how would your life look like in a “perfect” world? With no fear, no terror, no pain, no bad things happening, everything just..perfect? Suppose that ever since your birth in some hospital somewhere in the world, you only saw and met extremely beautiful girls. Well, will you know that you got married with a “beautiful” girl? Will you appreciate this? Suppose that you NEVER cried, never felt “the pain”. Will you ever be “happy” if all your life is a happy one? I`m telling for sure, you`ll not. In absence of “ugly” the “beautiful” lose its sense of existence, if there`s no “pain” you`ll never know you feel no pain hence you`re “O.K”. Everything you can imagine has a “pair” and together makes something “complete”. And all those pairs are made of a “good” part and a “bad” part. The funny thing is that one cannot know for sure which is good and which is bad, it`s just a matter of perspective. Pray and predator, the predator is the “bad” part of the pair, right? Are you sure? Capitalism and Communism, which one is the “good” one? Selfish and altruism, yeah, it`s a bad thing to be selfish. But how about turning all the selfish people into selflessness ones? Will there still be the “altruism” concept on the face of the world? Will I be appreciated for being altruistic in a world full of altruism? As we can see “bad things “are necessary at least for making possible the very existence of the “good things”.

If there`s so great need of the “pairs”, we can ask ourselves: WHY struggling so passionate to annihilate the other pair, actually annihilate EVERYTHING? I`m getting to eRepublik which it`s just like the real world. We HAVE to have rich people and poor people, charismatic ones and hated ones, friends and enemies, selfish and altruistic, smart and stupid ones, decent and king-of-the-world wannabe. I`m seeing all this passion put by some citizen into the annihilation of “others” and all I can say is that they are NUTS. I don`t want Atlantis annihilate Peace, ground leveled, or vice versa. That would simply mean “game over”. So, unless we want to finish this game, we`re rushing nowhere. eWorld exists as long as we have something “to do”. If we`ve done everything, we`re rich, we`ve conquered the world, we`re the best, well, we can “die” peacefully. Now, the funny thing is that I can see so many citizens rushing toward these achievements and forgetting the “joy” along the path. Right now I`m having no money to pay my employees, I`m praying for my products being sold in the next hours, and that`s what MADE me login. Supposing 100.000 gold magically appears in my account, well, that would make me feel useless the “economical” part of the game. My point is that I really can`t understand WHY some citizens rush toward richness by cheating, stealing, etc. Why would you do that, you`ll become rich... so? What`s next? What would drive you to login again? Is it worth “stealing your own hat”, lying yourself “wow, I`m good”? I`m seeing plans about conquering the entire world. Same question, what`s next to come, what`s next “to do”, to dream? Moreover, is it worth sacrificing everything in the name of the “goal”? Being so absorbed, consumed by the achievement, so that you forget to enjoy the game, the elife?

But, don`t worry, it could be worst. Not cheating your elife, but cheating your very real life. Absorbed by your dreams, to become a successful manager, owning a Ferrari, bathing in a huge pool in front of your huge multi-million worth house, etc, whatever your dreams are. Problems, bills, frustrations, traffic jams, agitations, repulsive boss, rushed life toward “wining” and meanwhile forgetting to enjoy it. With its little and free pleasures, like feeling the rain gliding over your face, sitting under an old and impassive tree, admiring the clouds, having nothing at all but being happy just for being entire, with no pain. It`s somehow sad when you realize that everything it`s just in vain. All the things I can remember that I DREAMED about and that I managed to turn into reality, it was just something.. passing. No matter that it was dreaming for a specifically faculty of some university, the most powerful video card, a nice suit, a beautiful girl, or whatever. I learned that after “checked off” almost everything that I dream turns into… insignificant, in the end. So the STRUGGLING to achieve them was the nice part, and that`s why this must be enjoyed! Being poor and not having money to pay employees is the nice part, when I`ll have 10.000 gold I`ll just.. don`t care. Having Atlantis/ Peace to fight with is the nice part, after winning the war.. you`ll “urah” a day, “urah” another day, but then you`ll feel empty, what could be your next dream?

So please, remember to enjoy this game. Remember to love your friends and appreciate your enemies. They are both as necessary. Stop hating and learn respecting. Cheating and lying yourself will make you feel sorry about that, later on, when you`ll realize what mistake you`ve done. Don`t rush toward “wining”, you`re just skipping the best part. Turn all that gangrenous passion into a detached view over the eworld. You`ll love it 🙂