Post by shattered on Apr 2, 2008 22:07:38 GMT -5
This was Kermie's question:
"Question for not only you.. but for everyone.
"Do you think your life is based on the now... what you are going through this minute.. this week.. this year
"My answer.. your life is based on a culmination of everything..the pain of now the happiness of what what once was... the sorrow.. and the joy a tomorrow can bring.. so don't shadow your eyes to just one aspect or timeframe of your life because you will miss the big picture and cloud all that is to come."
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(BTW, how do you all get your quoted text into those nice neat little boxes?)
Anyway, my answer: I think my life is based on the culmination of everything, not just the now.
But I also don't see how that necessarily always affects the now.
To use a drastic example, if someone is dying of cancer at age 40 (my best friend did) and moaning in pain, then the "now" pretty much IS the culmination of life. I don't think she felt better about dying of cancer because we had a wonderful vacation together the year before, for instance. (I use me as an example of something wonderful because she had no family left and I was her family.)
I know my example is overly simplistic, but I feel like your take on it is too. It's also like you're trying to *reason* someone out of heartache. I think reason can help at certain times, but for the most part, it of course doesn't work that way.
I have had many wonderful experiences in my life, and at least my share of really horrible ones. I've had so many bad experiences now, that every new bad one makes it harder to focus on all the supposed good. Don't get me wrong: I DO have some good things in my life. But I certainly never thought my adult life would turn out like this (there's other crap too, with job, friends, family).
And I in no way think that my whole life has stunk because I'm so miserable now. But I am scared of how much of my life I am going to be in pain and misery because of this.
I do know what you're trying to get at though, and it is always good to be challenged to think about stuff differently. Thanks.
"Question for not only you.. but for everyone.
"Do you think your life is based on the now... what you are going through this minute.. this week.. this year
"My answer.. your life is based on a culmination of everything..the pain of now the happiness of what what once was... the sorrow.. and the joy a tomorrow can bring.. so don't shadow your eyes to just one aspect or timeframe of your life because you will miss the big picture and cloud all that is to come."
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(BTW, how do you all get your quoted text into those nice neat little boxes?)
Anyway, my answer: I think my life is based on the culmination of everything, not just the now.
But I also don't see how that necessarily always affects the now.
To use a drastic example, if someone is dying of cancer at age 40 (my best friend did) and moaning in pain, then the "now" pretty much IS the culmination of life. I don't think she felt better about dying of cancer because we had a wonderful vacation together the year before, for instance. (I use me as an example of something wonderful because she had no family left and I was her family.)
I know my example is overly simplistic, but I feel like your take on it is too. It's also like you're trying to *reason* someone out of heartache. I think reason can help at certain times, but for the most part, it of course doesn't work that way.
I have had many wonderful experiences in my life, and at least my share of really horrible ones. I've had so many bad experiences now, that every new bad one makes it harder to focus on all the supposed good. Don't get me wrong: I DO have some good things in my life. But I certainly never thought my adult life would turn out like this (there's other crap too, with job, friends, family).
And I in no way think that my whole life has stunk because I'm so miserable now. But I am scared of how much of my life I am going to be in pain and misery because of this.
I do know what you're trying to get at though, and it is always good to be challenged to think about stuff differently. Thanks.