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In our society we feel we must be happy. If we're not happy we feel hopeless. We feel like failures.
Well, reality is what the majority deem it to be. Not necessarily the best or the most logical, but the one that has become adapted to the desires of a society as a whole. Some things are governed by common sense, and others become fixed until more and more people believe that's the way it should be.
The majority of people who attempt suicide repeat their attempts until they succeed. I took a risk in lying to her about her condition. I decided to test the only remedy I've come to have any faith in. Awareness of life. Until she finds out from some other doctor that she's perfectly healthy, she'll consider each day a miracle. Which in my view it is.
