u/nuan6

It’s interesting to notice how some people simply prefer to see the glass half full. Take my brother, for instance: he views my constant questioning as the ultimate recipe for unhappiness. He claims these thoughts are useless because, ever since I started thinking this way, I appear to be 'unhappy.' I think what he’s implicitly saying is that ignorance is a virtue. Reading between the lines, I get the feeling he used to think just like me at some point, but to avoid an existential collapse, he finally chose to become an optimist. What intrigues me the most is that he talks about it as if it were a conscious choice—but the difference is, I feel it, and that feeling is exactly what prevents me from choosing otherwise.