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6 Harsh Truths People Prefer to Ignore
1. You Can’t Always Get What You Want
From diet pills to the law of attraction to prostitution to psychotropic drugs, humans are constantly on the search to change, restore or improve things. Sometimes we are able to improve things, sometimes we aren’t and sometimes we improve things but cause other things to get worse.
Using the examples I just listed, one can see how these things may offer solutions but cannot make any promises.
Diet pills work for some who are just trying to lose a few pounds; it doesn’t work for people who need an overhaul on their diet. The law of attraction may help some to think more positively thereby causing them to take more chances and receive more results. But because one’s perspective of life is limited, one fails to consider that getting what one wants could be the worst thing to ever happen. Prostitution could lead to sex but not necessarily connection. Psychotropic drugs lessen symptoms for some, but may cause suicidal ideation in others.
We humans will continue to push the envelope when it comes to science and technology but the fact remains that these things won’t give us what we really want. And if they do, it may come at a hefty price.
