Before I take the time to write a proper wrap of my #NoNothingNovember, I’ll include this brief thought I had from a conversation I had with my best friend last night.
As you may recall, I once wrote a post on Sisyphus and the human condition.
“…to be human is to struggle. Life is struggle”
When I was talking with my buddy, conversation turned to that theme again and I said:
Humans need a mountain to climb. For men, that mountain is accomplishment, accolades, and other achievements. For women, the mountain is you. Don’t give them a peak.
To clarify what I mean you could go back and refer to what I said further, in my Sisyphus post:
Inertia is death…
Why would a man wish for a neverending mountain? Because…at the top of the mountain, it’s nothing but downhill from there.
But there’s a man who’s said it better than I – for, though he uses more words saying it in the long form, a certain nuance is made apparent; and that nuance might make all the difference. But I want you to focus on a specific part – which commenter Earl pontificates upon.
After reading his post for the third or fourth time; after my thoughts writing this post and my thoughts reading his post coalesced; I posted this comment.
Upon further reflection, I think the issue is that one cannot be “satisfied” with a women in a relationship, especially if she is “the one”. For the day you are satisfied is the day she is not.
Satisfaction is the peak from which she can only see downhill.
The higher value the man, the steeper the climb.
The less secure the man, the steep the descent.
And the more “game” a man has, the steeper he can make the ascent, the more gradual he can make the descent, and perhaps he might be able to convince her to make one more trip back up, for a better look at the view if he finds her on the way back down.
I don’t think I have it completely correct. I might not even be close. I am, however, getting closer.
Wald
This concept and the one explored in this post are related. But how and to what extent?
English translation of the lyrics.