Ted talk

have you ever heard the tale of the little Explicit?
the little Explicit was a slave to his emotions
whenever he felt bad or sad he would stew in his emotions and say that he was depressed
the little Explicit would stay depressed because he would whine about his problems instead of solving them
the little Explicit was not an effective man, however, the little Explicit's father was an effective man
for the little Explicit's ancestors had something known as a framework
but the little Explicit grew up in a world where there was no framework
all you'll have to do is follow the advice of other people whose frameworks are stronger than you
if you want to make it better for yourself instead of only being able to follow advice
you're going to have to commit to a framework in the same way you would commit to a woman
as an example when i met elodie i never thought she would be the perfect woman
realistically, there is an infinite number of possible woman
and all of them would have had their pros and cons
elodie was a good choice, but i also knew that she was not
you can find the perfect woman without commitment
and you can be perfectly committed
but if you're committed to a terrible woman then that wont matter either
a framework is a way of viewing the world
everything is a framework and some frameworks work better for some people
but the little Explicit had the worst framework of all, none
its a lot harder to believe than to disbelieve, but, in believing, you make yourself stronger
or at the very least, more defined in a certain direction
faith makes you more defined
commitment makes you more defined
yes, you can be defined by negative frameworks, that's definitely possible
i have faith that you will orient yourself to the one that works best for you
the point is to not pick the proper framework that works for you on your first try, but to orient yourself towards the best framework that works for you based off of trial and error
in terms of this 'depression'
if you don't choose to have a framework about this issue
then this issue will have a framework that is the status quo
and you will be dependent on pills for the rest of your life
the status quo works very well for some people, but it does not work well for everyone
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