Journal: Entry for Brian
A story.
A story about two men.
They are both attractive, intelligent, funny men. They are both very very lonely.
The first man tries to cure his loneliness in a fairly traditional manner. He seeks a partner, someone who he can spend time with, someone he can love. He fails at this at every turn.
The second man feels like a predator. He tries to cure his loneliness by finding someone new to spend the night with whenever he can. He is witty, he is charming, he says all the right things, and he is incredibly successful in his pursuits.
Both men share the same body and have same desire, to cure their loneliness, and in their own ways they both fail. One because for whatever reason, he can't find someone to be close to. In some way, every person he meets is flawed, or if he doesn't deem them to be flawed, they don't want him. The saddest part of this is....if they wanted him, they would likely be flawed and therefore not what he was looking for. The other fails, simply because one night with another person is no way to cure loneliness.
The two men wage war on each other, day in and day out. They fight for control. Some days one wins, some days the other.
The tragedy of their story is....if the two men would meet in the middle, absorb a little bit of the other, then it is quite likely that they would find a solution to their mutual problem quite easily.
So why don't they drop their guns? Why can't they work together for their mutual benefit?
A story about two men.
They are both attractive, intelligent, funny men. They are both very very lonely.
The first man tries to cure his loneliness in a fairly traditional manner. He seeks a partner, someone who he can spend time with, someone he can love. He fails at this at every turn.
The second man feels like a predator. He tries to cure his loneliness by finding someone new to spend the night with whenever he can. He is witty, he is charming, he says all the right things, and he is incredibly successful in his pursuits.
Both men share the same body and have same desire, to cure their loneliness, and in their own ways they both fail. One because for whatever reason, he can't find someone to be close to. In some way, every person he meets is flawed, or if he doesn't deem them to be flawed, they don't want him. The saddest part of this is....if they wanted him, they would likely be flawed and therefore not what he was looking for. The other fails, simply because one night with another person is no way to cure loneliness.
The two men wage war on each other, day in and day out. They fight for control. Some days one wins, some days the other.
The tragedy of their story is....if the two men would meet in the middle, absorb a little bit of the other, then it is quite likely that they would find a solution to their mutual problem quite easily.
So why don't they drop their guns? Why can't they work together for their mutual benefit?
Neither should be trying so hard, I think.
It's likely that both are just as worthy of love, but neither believes it any more than the other.