Life and the human experience

Ok… so there’s this thing called life and the human experience and for a long time I thought, “It’s not fun because it’s been done for, like, thousands and thousands of years”. True- the human experience has been done before. So what? It doesn’t make it any less exciting. It doesn’t make it any less new.

Ever since then I’ve been acting like a child. Not immature… curious. Everything is new! I mean, come on, just think how Adam was when he was first created: the excitement in his eyes as he viewed a world none had ever seen before, as he touched objects none had ever touched before, as he experienced emotions none had ever experienced before. Well, that’s no different for me. I only think it would be more fun if people didn’t have names for things. Yes, it would be super confusing without language, but you could experience everything without the constraints of names. Like, when you look at an apple you probably think, “Oh, it’s just an apple.” JUST an apple? If we didn’t have a name for it, it would be this totally awesome, circular, delicious, edible spark of genius! Maybe? Maybe not…

One thing I hate (Sorry… greatly dislike) is names for emotions. Oh my, I don’t know why I dislike it so much. One time I experienced an emotion that I had never experienced before, and I didn’t know what it was. Yeah, I ran through my list of emotions captured by the likes of mankind: LOVE, HATE, SADNESS, HAPPINESS, ANGER, GUILT- but it wasn’t any of those. I didn’t want to tell ANYONE because I was afraid they would say, “Oh, it’s just anger.” or “you’re just surprised”. JUST angry? JUST surprised? Why, that sucks all the passion out of the emotion! I would actually feel it less if I knew what it was.
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Thoughts? Concerns? How do you deal with life?