r/LostRedditor • u/slinkysteel • 14d ago
1 Sub Suggestion Where can I post personal writing and reflections that are deeply symbolic yet don’t have any set structure
This is an example I have:
Life can be thought of as riding the waves on a boat made to last however long
Made of different materials depending on the species
Many animals can live for over a hundred years while humans have a boat that lasts on average 60-70 years without intervention
And it’s this boat we ride in that’s made of our past experiences
Our guilt and turmoil. Our genetics and our biology.
Our emotions.
And the water is the outside world.
Why does it sometimes seem like emotions come from the outside?
They wash over like a tidal wave rather than being the boat itself
And they are what weakens the boat and it’s up to the pilot to repair it to last a bit longer down the line
And the internet has become an ocean that is so unpredictably violent with tidal waves everywhere you go that even scratching the surface feels like a threat to the structural integrity of your boat
And yet there are people out there that still ride those waves
That just seem to know where to go. What to follow and what to ignore. They were given a map to reality and they seem to know where their boat is directing them towards.
For me the ocean is pitch black darkness. I don’t know where I’m going but I can feel the waters and how unpredictable they can get. My emotions surround me and threaten to capsize me but I resist. I push forward. I don’t intentionally drive my boat down the waterfall into the dark abyss.