# You Can Be President One Day By:: [[Brian Heath]] 2023-01-28 It's not uncommon to hear sayings that you can be whatever you want to be if you just believe in yourself. This is the hope we often give children to not crush their young spirit while also projecting what we wish to be true. But, as Chris Rock has said, that's only true if you are good at it and they are hiring. This likely rings just as true to you as the previous statement. So, what gives? Life is clearly more complex than either an optimistic or realist viewpoint. Something that is true lives in the middle - or maybe it's oscillating that keeps us moving forward. We rarely teach that life is full of awesomeness and endless suffering. I choose to embrace the paradox that is rather than live in a world of delusions. #### Related Items [[Hope]] [[Suffering]] [[Education]] [[Paradox]] [[Delusions]]