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Life sucks, and then you die.
- Thread starter retrorich
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I can relate to that feeling Rich, and it is all too easy to fall into that 'trap' of despair when things go wrong - as they inevitably do. For some reasons, some of us have a larger helping of 'things that go wrong' than others.retrorich said:
One of the ways of thinking - based on the Bhuddist way of life - that has helped me is the 'acceptance' way of thinking. There are things in life over which we have no control; I spent an aweful lot of my life going around saying 'its not fair, why me?', thinking that my existance on Earth was actually my 'hell' - I still feel that way to some extent; I feel I am serving a 'prison sentence' on Earth to make up for 'bad' Karma.
But I have at last, slowly (Perhaps over five years) begun to realize that I was making my 'sentence' much worse by my attitude. If I could say 'O.K, I've bad mental and physical health' - and believe me, the doctors have tried every thing - I Must accept that it is something over which I have no control; the only positive thing that I can do is to share the vast amount of different methods that have been used on me to try and make me better on others - to change the focus entirely on other's misery from my own, I will at least feel I have achieved a little.
The only drawback to that is that part of my character is that it has an 'all or nothing' streak in it. Now, I feel frustrated because I want to 'heal' the whole world; I want to take on personal responsability for making things right everywhere. There again, the 'acceptance' bit kicks into play, and abates my feelings of worthlesness in that respect.
As my psychological 'mentor' once told me : Life IS NOT fair; that is the first step towards acceptance.
Even now, under imperfect conditions, life can be very enjoyable. Who does not delight in the tantalizing aroma of food, the feel of a gentle breeze on a warm day, the sight of a majestic mountain, a gorgeous sunset, a serenely flowing stream, breathtakingly colorful flowers, the sound of sweet music, or the song of birds? Pause for a moment. Think, what would it be like to enjoy such things for an eternity?
At present, life, although a wonderful gift, is only temporary. Everyone faces death, and what a traumatic blow death is! To watch someone you love disappear from among the living into the stillness of the grave is very distressing, to say the least. But under Gods Kingdom, ruled by Christ, Jehovahs promise will be fulfilled: "Death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."Revelation 21:4.
At present, life, although a wonderful gift, is only temporary. Everyone faces death, and what a traumatic blow death is! To watch someone you love disappear from among the living into the stillness of the grave is very distressing, to say the least. But under Gods Kingdom, ruled by Christ, Jehovahs promise will be fulfilled: "Death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away."Revelation 21:4.
Doc
Space Chief
It is all on your perception of life. Many of my Richy Rich classmates feel the world is against them and 'woe is me' sort of thing. They do not realize how much they already have. Where as my dad and I met a very poor bipolar woman in the winter knocking on car windows for money. She was overjoyed when we gave her some money and Christmas presents for her kids. She kept saying 'God Bless You' and things like that and she was thankful for every last thing that she had. Like I said, it is whatever you perceive to 'suck' or 'not suck'
Feathers in Hair
World's Tallest Hobbit
Life's a period of dancing joy, filled with moments when you stop and despair or look on in wonder at the whirlwind around you. And then you dance again.
Scuba Pete
Le plongeur avec attitude...
You won't start living until you die.
Until then, life is one great big vaccuum.
Until then, life is one great big vaccuum.
Lightkeeper
Well-Known Member
Is your middle name Hoover? Maybe sucking up is what it's all about. Befriend your enemies, let the old die off and have fun.
standing_on_one_foot
Well-Known Member
Life can suck, and sometimes you can't help it, but when you can do something about it, by all means, do it, and then, hopefully, it will suck a lot less when your kids get it, and then you die.
Master Vigil
Well-Known Member
Life can suck only if you let it. But if you are not attached to life, than life cannot suck. Just like, if you are not attached to your house, and it burns down, it doesn't suck.
fromthe heart
Well-Known Member
Life sucks....then you die...gosh I remember the days gone past when I said that...of course that was before I realized why life felt as it did...then my attitude changed into...Life is what you make it...then realizing there isn't enough money in the world to make it how I felt it should be I realized...Change what you can, accept what you can't and be smart enough to know the difference...well that was all well and good until I couldn't quite get the whole concept realizing there isn't much you can't change(for the better or worse). Eventually I just concluded life happens...get over it. Well...that still wasn't gonna work for me...Where am I now??? Right here waiting for tomorrow to bring me what it may...I just don't take life that serious to give any of it a name. I'm looking in the mirror and wondering what happened to my youth...well that is simple to explain...too many realizations, too many ups and downs...and no time caring for what was the most important part of life...TO JUST BE! Be the best that you can, be there when others need you, be the one who never lets you down, be less concerned about tomorrow and more concerned about the minute you are in, be the one other's know they can trust,be well in your heart for tomorrow may not come,BE...Be the very best person you can be no matter what life dishes out and worry not about what you can't get around to because if it's all that important it will BE there tomorrow.
The Black Whirlwind
Well-Known Member
as a jedi, the force (or a some would call god, force just sounds cooler) surrounds my life and i am carried along by it. i dont think life even can suck. we make life suck because that is what we believe. if we believe life is wonderous, then it is.
Halcyon
Lord of the Badgers
Hmm... indupitably! Life is what you make it, i could so easily fall into a depresion right now, but it would be for what are in reality minor things, and i don't like being depressed, so i try to "always look on the bright side of life do do, de do de do de do de do..." :jiggy: