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" Then I’m thinking about shipwrecks on Caribbean islands, which I’m sure never happen. But I think about them anyway, as if they could. There’s this horrible situation, and about a million very real things that could happen, and you’re not exactly happy to be shipwrecked and you’ve got a lot of problems to solve and shit to work out. But you’re on this island, and in the middle of building your hut and hunting for fish and, like, doing basic first aid on your injured friend, you take a break and lie in the sand and look at the way the palm trees swing a little in the warm wind. And the sound of the ocean hitting the shore is lovely, and you’re in maybe the most beautiful place you’ve ever been.
So in the same moment you’re terrified and amazed at the sobering reality of the world around you and the purity of the beauty.
Would you trade in that moment? Would you risk being shipwrecked, to be able to see the most beautiful section of the human world?
I guess that’s just a long way of saying I’m happy to be here. "
― Corey Ann Haydu , OCD Love Story