The Superpickled Cabbage: Preface
Column: Fairy Tales Added Time: March 31, 2011 15:42:42 Source: Admin Clicks: 16
The Pig said: "When humans think, God laughs." In the fifth part of The Adventures of Superpickled Cabbage - "Pickles and Roses" - despite this, humans continue to fight against heaven and earth. As a result, everyone's life is filled with tears, setbacks, and pain. Everyone is pursuing happiness and joy, but for most people, happiness and joy are often visible but unattainable. They don't know that the more they chase after happiness, the more it slips away from them like a soap bubble because they always equate "me" and "what I want" with happiness and their goals. Without hesitation, countless people rush headlong towards what they define as happiness, like moths flying towards a flame on the Hometown Literature Network. They burn themselves until they're exhausted and scarred, then blame heaven for being unfair. Who am I? Being human is too difficult. They never awaken to the fact that the happiness they pursue is merely a soap bubble that looks like happiness, not true happiness. They always think of themselves as smart and intelligent. They trust themselves so much that God often laughs while watching them stumble and fall, just like someone trying to collect debts from a thief.
Excerpted from Conversations Between Superpickled Cabbage and Pig