From a life perspective, people can be divided into two groups: the resigned and the inquisitive. A vast majority rush through life chasing things they themselves know have no real value, while a very small number constantly question everything, seeking to understand the reasons and meaning to the best of their abilities. They fully experience every occurrence and every success or failure. The worldview of the first group unsettles the second, and conversely, the life perspective of the second group isn’t particularly appealing to the first. The first group moves on when something "doesn’t happen," and the second group does the same in their own way, akin to the poet Shahriar.

As someone who identifies with the second group, I have an explanation for this perspective.

For the first group, life and its events resemble a mine, perhaps containing a golden nugget at the end. They spend their miserable lives hastily searching for that gold, only to encounter great disappointment and eventually pass away. In contrast, for us, life is like a mountain made of diamonds, where every moment and every piece is valuable. Any portion or fragment we acquire is already a victory.

Asking “So what?” is inherently misguided for us, and the only way to grasp its mistake is to let the first group continue asking this question until the very end of their imagined life.

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