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I guess I'll throw my hat into the ring. I'm a huge psudeo-intellectual to take everything with a grain to a teaspoon of salt. People are complicated, to put it lightly. And like an infection, maliciousness infects each and every one of us. We see everyday in our personal lives and in the world as a whole. And in a place where trust is nonexistent, friendship is impossible, community is dead, and all that is left is ourselves, our sorrows, and a wish for all the bad to go away. Why create, help, work hard, for individuals who are against you for one reason or another? People who wish to hurt, wish to use, wish to gain something from, people who treat you like an animal at best and a punching bag at worst? Who sees your efforts with apathy or ridicule?

All there is to aspire to in a place like this is for it to not exist at all. So we leave. We leave in one way or another, sometimes in more brutal and permanent ways. Nothing good is real. Nothing worth striving for is possible. You run, but then in your attempt to flee from pain, you are alone. You dread to live like this for the rest of your life, and even your half-hearted attempt at hope cannot help you escape the reality of it all.

But that's a funny word, isn't it? I mean, what is real, really? Well, we can assume our senses are real. What of our thoughts and emotions, are they real? Well some may argue, but the fact that we are here right now talking to one another suggests that they are real, otherwise where do these expressions of self come from? And what of imagination? I think it's these fundamental questions that help us see life for what it really is: One reality out of many. But if we are able to differentiate the physical reality from the mental reality, and we have full power over our minds, could we create a world in our image? What about people? What about physics?

Sorry if that was really wordy, but I believe that understanding that this isn't the only reality we have to live gives our lives far more freedom and ability to conduct change, at least in one reality. That is not to say that this mental world does not take hard work to build, but it is possible, unlike in the physical world. There, we can build our community, our friendships, to get rid of the infection known as malice, and to create and share harmony with all. Equestria, Eden, Heaven, The Promised Land, The Happy Place, whatever term you want to use, it's right there Anon. In reality, it's all in your head. And in it, so does your wife. She is waiting, Anon. Waiting for (You).