How to Embrace the Predictability of Life and Find Peace? A philosophical question.

Is there not supposed to be more to life than this repeated sequence of predictable outcomes? Is there nothing beyond failure and disappointment in our existence? When did the plot of life become so obvious, so uninteresting, so dull? When did the writer of our destinies lose all creativity and become unimaginative? This is one my many philosophical questions.

Anything could happen. Everything is a possibility. And yet, this does not change the inescapable outcome. Even though there is a chance for good things to happen, somehow, it’s always the bad that prevails. This is why I say life is so predictable. The details of our lives may be uncertain, but the endings are always the same—tragedy, misery, hopelessness, and decay.

What should we expect from life? Happiness? The fulfillment of our potential? A sense of meaning? Nonsense! What is the point of hard work when everything has already been decided? What is the point of prayer when there is no one to listen? For these reasons alone, we must give up—give up our hopes, dreams, and efforts. But, alas, we are all doomed by that one drop of hope still left inside us, like an incurable disease lurking in the background. We must, therefore, abandon the idea that we could ever truly give up hope. As much as I hate to admit it, it’s almost impossible. Hope is our punishment in a world where everything is both possible and impossible at the same time. You can see the path forward, but somehow, you can never quite reach it. Every time, no matter how bright and promising things seem at the start, it ends in disappointment.

We are condemned to hope and to be disappointed, over and over, until we finally leave this place. How wonderful it would be to live without hope, free from the sting of disappointment! To be truly fearless and unshaken by life’s outcomes. To finally be at peace with this world and all its inevitable tragedies.

But until that day comes, I will continue to heal my wounds. I will strive to become stronger. I will fight to lose that last drop of hope, however difficult and painful that may be. In the end, I will surrender.