Trouble in Paradise

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Utopia? What is it? Another “perfect” society filled with people and empty of strife? What makes this paradise any different than dystopia? I have come to realize that the difference is solely in the name. There is no difference besides a few trivial letters. The thing about these societies is that they are a dream. As simple and singular as that. But I have found that they are more nightmarish than beautiful. Dreams motivate people to obtain them; they whisper our names from just out of reach. But when a desire for a number of people, no matter how small, is not shared, there is such danger. Dreams make people go further than they think that they can go and do more than they think possible. When such a thing is appealing to an individual in a group, they trample the others to achieve success. There is no true life without choice. To end war and famine, where do you stop? If you must kill and starve people for “the greater good,” will you? The problem with utopia is that it is absolute. Very little in this life is good in a complete and overwhelming amount. In order to gain harmony, conflict must end. And in order to end conflict, opinions must be destroyed. And to destroy opinions, emotions must be abolished. In the end, you must ask yourself, “What have I accomplished?” “Is this what I really want?” These are empty dreams. After all, what makes life life? Memories, thoughts, feelings. The Good and the Bad. Life does not simply consist of what is easy. It is full. Full of the crazy and irrational. Full of love and feeling. Full of everything high, low, light, dark, right, wrong, welcoming, hostile, difficult, facile. Life is total. It is said that we are the sum of our experiences. The bitter makes the sweet so much sweeter.