Im currently reading this book called "The solitaire mystery" by Jostein Gaarder. it's by same author who wrote "Sophie's World" which i am still struggling with. What i love so much about this book is how the author simplifies the complex.
"Yet this morning it was not these technical details that bothered me the most. My mind was in turmoil for a totally different reason. I had suddenly realised people living on earth were just as oblivious to things as all the drowsy dwarfs on the magic island.
Our lives are part of a unique adventure, I thought to myself. Nevertheless, most of us think the world is 'normal' and we are constantly hunting for something abnormal - like angels or Martians. But that is just because we dont realise the world is a mystery. As for myself, i felt completely different. I saw the world as an amazing dream. I was hunting for some kind of explanation of how everything fitted together.
While i watched the sky grow redder and redder and then lighter and lighter, I felt something all over my body which i had never felt before, and have never lost since.
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It was a mystery to me how people on earth could simply roam around the world without asking questions, over and over again, about who they were and where they come from. How could life on this planet be something you either turned your back on or took for granted?
I was brimming with all these thoughts and feelings, which made me feel happy and sad at the same time. They made me feel lonely, too, but this kind of loneliness was good.
I was pleased, however, when Dad suddenly let out one of his gravelly lion roars. Before he got out of bed, it struck me that it was certainly important to keep your eyes open, but nothing mattered more than being with a person you loved."
perhaps i am interested in philosophy afterall.
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