False Positives in Life

False Positives in Life

Supposedly, life is so simple, just X's and O's, nothing more nothing less. But alas, our life is such a topsy-turvy thing because that's when the inverted and the reversals would show its tail, further confusing us as to what is TRUE or what is FALSE.  And this is where False Positives in Life would creep in.  BTW, before we get waylaid with a 'to and fro' discussion, let us agree what False Positives really mean.

While there is certainly something to be said for having a sunny disposition in life, it's also possible to to overdose on the sickeningly sweet nectar of platitudes such as 'everything is awesome'.  Now, let's tackle that 'DARK SIDE' of the positive vibes [a.k.a. toxis positivity] and ow its overuse causes harm and leads to the very suffering it aims to quash.  

American author Mark Manson, 'EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE IN LIFE IS WON THROUGH SURMOUNTING THE ASSOCIATED NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE.  ANY ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE NEGATIVE TO [EITHER] AVOID IT OR QUASH IT OR SILENCE IT, ONLY BACKFIRES.  He further adds that 'THE AVOIDANCE OF STRUGGLE IS A STRUGGLE and the AVOIDANCE of SUFFERING IS A FORM OF SUFFERING and THE DENIAL of FAILURE is a FAILURE and HIDING WHAT IS SHAMEFUL IS ITSELF A FORM OF SHAME.  Very well said.

At work or in school, once you get an A+ rating, does that affirm that you are that GOOD? Not necessarily.  In fact, that rating could be farther from the truth.  And that is a classic case of a False Positive.  A False Positive is a variable that tells us that what is apparent may be a fallacy, the UNTRUE.  So when someone tells you in your face that "YOU'RE AWESOME", pause for a moment and challenge its veracity. 

Of course, we won't accept ending up in the predicament of that l'il girl, sobbing at the far end corner.  We DON'T need people to sing HOSSANAHS IN THE HIGHEST to us.  Why do many populist politicians and statesmen who would see their meteoric rise in the landscape only to crash-land on Earth like a shooting star?  Blame it on their cordon sanitaire, their close retinue of blind loyalists who would heap him with all the False Positives.  BTW, that tragic end could happen in our life if we will end up contented with the False Positives in life.  That won't bring us any farther dude❗❗❗