In saying so, we must acknowledge that your past is not particularly a place worth clinging to or living in. As for the pretense around problems, by the same token, how often do people make problems out of matters that are not truly problems? We advise them not to dwell overmuch on such, not to create undue grief for themselves. How often, then, do people dismiss their problems thinking themselves wise for not making much out of little?
And yet if you dwell too much in the present, without a care for the future or a thought for the past, you will make many more grievous mistakes. [Venat fails to hide a smile behind the curl of her fingers.] Living can be very complicated. I daresay the lesson is, ultimately, that when you make a mistake, learn from it.
Or perhaps afraid to consider the future, or trying desperately to forget their past. Or simply naive. Have you never met a person who lived only for the moment, not thinking of what tomorrow might bring?
[The comment forestalls any response Venat might make, as she has to laugh at it instead.]
I must say, I truly admire and appreciate you. No doubt by now you've an impression of what we Ancients were like. We could well have done with someone of your mindset and attitude.
I certainly agree, but a voice that dissents with the so-called wisdom all accept without question is a needed addition to any society, particularly one such as ours was. You have much to say that would have benefited them to hear.
Well, intelligence does take many forms. Those who think 'genius' is simply a matter of how much scholarly lore one has read and remembered are overlooking many more worthy of the title for other cause.
If I merely agreed, then were someone else to disagree, it would be merely my sole word against theirs. Now anyone who wishes to dispute the premise must also dispute my logic, which I believe to be quite resilient indeed.
I am, but it would be unwise of me not to consider the possibilities the future may bring, is it not?
[Wrapping up a series of contentions in a neat circle remains a delight for Venat even after giving up the scholarly life and its requisite debates aeons prior.]
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Date: 2025-03-11 07:58 am (UTC)I don't get much of this stuff. The way people cling to the past. Or just pretend their problems aren't real.
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Date: 2025-03-11 01:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-12 09:42 am (UTC)[ and, she thinks, no one does. that's not the point. ]
Each day matters so you have to take each day as it comes. Too much of one is just bad. Past or just staring at the future.
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Date: 2025-03-12 02:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-13 07:29 am (UTC)[ with everyone busy with life and whatnot, how is that even possible? ]
People who can do that are too rich or too bored.
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Date: 2025-03-13 01:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-14 09:55 am (UTC)Also I don't associate with stupid people.
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Date: 2025-03-14 01:54 pm (UTC)I must say, I truly admire and appreciate you. No doubt by now you've an impression of what we Ancients were like. We could well have done with someone of your mindset and attitude.
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Date: 2025-03-15 12:40 am (UTC)You're not all that bad though.
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Date: 2025-03-20 01:31 am (UTC)Would it really.
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Date: 2025-03-21 09:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-21 01:30 pm (UTC)[Wrapping up a series of contentions in a neat circle remains a delight for Venat even after giving up the scholarly life and its requisite debates aeons prior.]
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Date: 2025-03-22 01:29 am (UTC)It's not worth it.
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Date: 2025-03-23 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
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