The Blue Pill

I was just thinking. I've seen the Matrix several times and there are many aspects of it that can be left up interpretation. There is one aspect of it that I can readily identify with at the moment. The Blue Pill. Maybe you'll be able to follow along whether you've seen it or not. With the blue pill you dwell in a world that isn't real. Or is it? One of Webster's definitions of real is as follows, "of or relating to practical or everyday concerns or activities." Have you ever been in a place in your life where everything is all too real and all too contemptible? You escape to a place be it an actual place or a place in your mind where you can find peace and happiness and some semblance of hope. You visit often and soon the lines between your two worlds are entwined and your feel good world is just as real to you as the other. It's your escape, your link to sanity. You look forward to being there. You long to remain there. It's is a place where love knows no bounds where acceptance and kinship are all yours. You're not alone there. However, thinking of it further; not much in this world can be real. It was constructed on dreams. It was built apart from hurt, stress and strife. You aren't really viable there. We weren't promised a life filled with sunshine and roses. There will be rain. Life is full of hurt, stress and strife. It's all in the experience of...living. It's what you do with those things that define you. Believe me when I say that I understand that everyone longs to be understood, to be loved, to be happy. It's our nature. The fact of the matter is, we can't stay in our feel good world and actually...live. (Be warned incoming religious beliefs.) For we know that all things work together for the good of them that love God. (Romans 8:28) There is nothing that you're going through that He doesn't know about. From once upon a time all the way to the end. He knows and He cares. I didn't come to preach to you and maybe this is more for me than for you. I just wanted to let you know to be encouraged. You aren't alone. No matter the appeal of the world of the blue pill, don't linger too long. It just becomes more difficult to leave.