Life is a Parody

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You work 8 hours to live 4. You work 5 or 6 days to barely enjoy one single day. You work 8 hours to eat in 15 minutes in rush. You work 8 hours and sleep 5 if you are lucky. You work all year just to take a week or two vacation, and you are grateful for it. You marry someone you think is the love of lifetime, but soon you come to realize that love is nowhere to be found or never there was, and the only thing that remains is pretences of love, trying desperately to save the marriage not for love but for money. Calling your mother on Mother's Day, or giving a goodnight kiss to your wife is nothing more than a nice gesture. Your guilt towards your parents or your spouse will make your heart more dull against your conscience.

You work all your life to retire in old age and contemplate only your last breaths. Eventually, you realize that life is nothing but a parody of yourself practicing your own oblivion. We have become so accustomed to material and social slavery that we no longer see the chains. Life is a short journey. Don't let your life be a parody.

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- July 13, 2023