15/03/2026
The Quiet Burden of Pretending
In all of time, the sun has risen over the earth, offering light and warmth, without once pausing to say, “Now earth, you owe me.” It gives because giving is it’s nature. There is no demand attached to its generosity, no ledger of gratitude that must be balanced.
And yet human beings often live as if life itself owes them something.
There is a quiet but powerful misconception many people carry and that is the belief that happiness exists somewhere out there in the world, just ready to be delivered. But, for some reason, this happiness is being withheld from them. Almosts as if life had made a promise and then broken it.
Everyone else is happy?
Why not me?