The Dark Balloon

A weblog by Hao Lian.
A terrible secret guarded by golems.
A note that thanks you for being born, all those years ago.

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Don’t know what sadness is anymore, like the fishes don’t know water.

Maybe sadness isn’t a curse. Maybe sadness is a signal that life isn’t perfect, that everybody suffers. Maybe sadness is a lesson to you to be kind. Maybe sadness is the idea that the world is not innocent, but humans are. Maybe sadness is a reminder that you chose knowledge over ignorance, doubt over faith—that you tried something and you failed, that one day you’ll have the strength to try again.

[(2011 August 15) .]