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title: "Life’s a scream…fear, joy or otherwise"
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date: 2018-01-19
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Photo by [Cristian Newman](https://unsplash.com/photos/wGKCaRbElmk?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText) on [Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/search/photos/scream?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText)Life is just one long scream…literal or otherwise.
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In the literal sense, we arrived screaming. We may well go out screaming. And lots of screams in between might be the mark of a life well lived, in my humble opinion.
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In the sense of the metaphor, our life is a scream against Life. What matters is what you’re screaming about, and more to the point what you’re screaming *at*.
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Sometimes we scream in plain old fear. If we consistently saw the Universe for what it is, rather than what we *think* it is, we’d not be able to get a word in edgeways between the terror. Fortunately, this is not the case.
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Or the scream might be of anger.
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If we’re lucky the scream is a yell of joy. Not that it ever lasts…but neither does the fear, or the rage for that matter. The temporary nature of all things is, as usual, a blessing and a curse.
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Of course, there are other emotions but I think they can all be broadly classified under the Screams of Fear, Anger and Joy. Perhaps an oversimplication, but hey, this is only a half-sincere metaphor to begin with!
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There is one other scream, the trademark of Adrenaline Junkies (Capital J) everywhere.
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The scream of defright.
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That fluctuating mixture of the Rush and abject horror.
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Whether or not it is worth it is something I’d rather not think of because it risks showing me the error of my ways. And what *fun* would that be?
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Overthinking and the resultant paralysis is the enemy of progress and ultimately…fun. And what’s the point of life (there isn’t one) if it isn’t *fun *despite all the suck?
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Sod it. To live despite Life is the only way worth living. Live hard, and if that means living fast, so be it.
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