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Addictions, Truth, & Living in the Moment

Sarah McMahon
5 min readMay 17, 2021

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“Life is a very difficult business. It’s fatal, and it’s full of suffering. It’s full of betrayal and malevolence. There’s nothing about it that’s trivial. It is all profound.” ~ Dr. Jordan Peterson

I need to tell you something. Yes, you, whoever is reading these words in whatever moment you find yourself reading them. Life is a tricky business. It is very often hard and unfulfilling precisely because none of us know what we’re doing here, how we got here, or why. Maybe you believe in a god or deity. Maybe your religion guides your moral compass, provides answers to life’s unanswerable questions. But maybe, all of that is nothing more than a belief. A useful one, sure, but a belief nonetheless.

I am often pulled into wondering how and why we are here. I contemplate the most meaningful or fulfilling things to do with my time. There is a part of my brain that says, “fuck it” to everything, since I’ll die someday, anyway. There is another part of my brain that knows the usefulness of discipline, the importance of believing in something, the satisfaction that arises when a difficult task is done well. What is the meaning of life, other than to exist? Other than to make the world we inhabit a somewhat less shitty place?

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Sarah McMahon
Sarah McMahon

Written by Sarah McMahon

Sales Professional | Blogger | Ultra Runner @mcmountain work email: sarah.mcmahon@ticketsignup.io personal email: sarahrose.writer@gmail.com

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