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“As a rule, man is a fool, When it's hot, he wants it cool; When it's cool, he wants it hot, Always wanting what is not…” As what the poem signifies, human by nature has infinite desires, that when once fail to acquire, will cause him great torment of a feeling of enmity and loss; in short Emptiness.  What is Emptiness? People may have varied concept about it, but I myself, with regards to it have only one definition.  Emptiness is an Empty life, and an empty life means meaningless.

Since I come to know the world and was slowly exposed to it, I got this kind of feeling that I often feel.  It is an ugly explicable feeling that raises thousands of questions wherein answers are hard to come by; seemingly putting me into a never-ending quandary, resulting to an excessive despair.  Excessive enough to make me think that ending life is better than struggling to fight against something that is beyond my comprehension.

 Crazy? Yes indeed. But that is how it made me feel.  After a series of cogitation I came to realize that ending life is never the answer, rather it’s an act of cowardice that will just prove how meaningless my life would be, if I am going to end it. Nonetheless, I managed to keep my sanity, and as   I was musing over my agony, I found varied reasons as a remedy for my debilitating fortitude.

Whilst Emptiness ruminates in my life, it becomes clear that it is a feeling that could possibly dangers one’s life.  Emptiness, when not be controlled will destroy not only good life but also good relationships. Why? Basically, Emptiness is a feeling of bitterness rooted from a feeling of loss. Thus making you feel miserable, misleading your perception of life, thereby wanting you to alienate yourself from the world, preferring to live your life in apathy.

                Living in apathy is a lot of stress; it does not do any good in life and just ruins everything that is left in you. Obviously it is a deterrent for happiness and a trap for having a good life. Furthermore it is a good avenue for loneliness, the turning point to extreme depression that when embraced and nurtured will just worsen everything.  This is maybe just nothing for others, but it’s always a distress when you are fighting against your own self whereby coping up or opposing emptiness is never been an easy game.

                 Mode mastering is one way as to how to subdue Emptiness. Once stricken by it, one should never even think to kneel down and succumb to it. Adopting loss and accepting defeat is one good start to overcome depression. Withdrawing oneself to the crowd is never a good idea in taming loneliness, insomuch that it could make you feel better, and on the contrary it will just make you gloomier.  Finding a diversion or asking some help is never a crime especially if you love yourself. Although Emptiness is one of the hardest feelings to deal with, conquering it is never impossible. Endurance is the key and perseverance is the answer to divert a meaningless life into a meaningful one.

Human by nature is insatiable, reason enough to believe that no matter what, Emptiness will remain in the midst of life ready to devour it anytime. Learning how to master modes is one way as to not be drowned by its charm. Moreover Endurance and Perseverance is a good shield against it. To add up, loving oneself is the will to survive. Nothing is impossible for a soul who has the will to divert a meaningless life into a life with purpose…http://jabb9579.blogspot.com/2012/10/emptiness.html