Posted by lifeworthliving on December 8, 2004, at 0:05:16
In reply to Re: Is there really a point? What's the payoff? » Smeegle, posted by Fallen4MyT on December 7, 2004, at 23:16:30
smeegle,
i know this struggle. i have it when i'm standing at the kitchen sink for the 10,000th day in a row, washing the same four cereal bowls i washed the morning before, and the one before that, while staring out the same window, listening to the same kids fight for the box with the prize in it, while i think about more of the same things i was thinking at the same time, the say before... it's the daily hassles of living that make life so hard, darnit! it sounds so much like oprah to say this but FIND YOUR PASSION. when was the last time, or any time you felt energized by what you were doing... what about a time when you were so absorbed that you lost track of time? when this happens to me i know it's because i'm passionate about something (and it never happens when i'm doing the dishes or the laundry). what about cultivating relationships with like minded people to discuss philosophy? i think i'm happier because i've decided to believe that there has to be more to life than just this balony. i'm hanging onto my faith in an afterlife. i like to think i'm going to have a little more control over my circumstances in that one. for starters, i won't be having any kids (they ruined it for me in this life!) and i want my own self cleaning cloud to float around on. super star of my choice will hand feed me grapes while my servant angles play the harp and massage my feet. dream smeegle, dream big! sometimes happiness is a choice. i have to make myself leave the house and find something to be happy about. and then i'll see that crippled man downtown that is wheelchair bound AND blind. he rolls his wheelchair and has to use one of those sticks for the blind. i have sooooo much to be thankful for. sometimes i also have to do for someone else to take my eyes off of me. it ain't easy being human, is it? but when i really think about it, it isn't so hard eaither. just can't spend tooo much time being introspective if i'm having "trouble" doing the dishes.
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thread:425938
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