So, I admit, sometimes there just needs to be a filler post. Does it have meaning? Not usually. Is it good? I would say normally not so great. Is it interesting to read? I'll leave that up to the reader to decide.
Sometimes though, we fake ourselves into thinking that a filler post is the best, easiest, thing to write. We may be good at it, make it funny and enjoyable, a nice way to pass the time. But we lose the valuable stuff if we never accept that we can do something better than just fill up the space.
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Often times we do this with our life, we just accept that we need to fill up some time and then fill it up, with little thought of what its worth is. Instead of going on a walk, we plop down in front of the TV or computer. We feel relaxed, and tell ourselves it's just for a bit. All in all, everything goes well. Until we want to do it again the next day. We reason with ourselves that it isn't bad, and that it made us feel good yesterday. While this isn't bad, it begins to distract us from the great things in life. The more we tell ourselves fillers are okay, the less of the real things we get. It's like eating Hawaiian Haystack without the toppings, deciding that it's easiest to just make some white rice and eat it plain.
I would like to end with this quote. Echoing her words is the best I can do.
We live in a world where many people do not know where they would
desire to go. Many end up living years, not knowing where they are
going to end up. Some spend their lifetime going through the motions,
with no vision in mind. What a life void of meaning and purpose these
individuals live. How depressing it must be for these poor spirits who
have no drive or motivation.
--Summer Pulley
