El balcón del Abasto

¿Quién dice que la persona que desea abandonar el lugar en donde vive no es felíz? Si el hombre, por naturaleza, es un ser que no se conforma con lo que tiene. Si ese no fuese nuestro instinto, seguiríamos viviendo en cuevas, no hubiésemos evolucionado; el mundo no sufriría nuestro poder, o más bien, nuestra permanente experimentación con el poder de construir y destruir (y todo lo que ello implica).

El hombre quiere conocerlo todo, entenderlo todo, y controlarlo todo. Para esto convierte sus inquietudes en desafíos y se embarca en su resolución. Cada vez que que logra un resultado que lo satisface; ese desafío en particular deja de serlo, disminuye el interés, y la libido busca otro objeto, algo que lo alivie en su insaciable intento por sentirse completo.

La persona que desea abandonar el lugar en donde vive, no necesariamente lo hace porque no es felíz, sino porque cree que la felicidad va mas allá de un lugar. La búsqueda de la felicidad misma es la que hace felíz al hombre, le da un propósito, una motivación; y ese mundo utópico que imagina para sí, le permite superarse a sí mismo.

Raf (Fascinada con el abismo, quiero cerrar los ojos y no puedo. Pierdo la noción del tiempo).

Recommended read: La insoportable levedad del ser- Milan Kundera.

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