The three meal eater with no appetite
The child who starving twice each day
The agnostic pretending to believe
The bloody, ignorant fanatic
The uncaring indifferent sweetheart
The introvert forced to socialise
The teetotaller who yearns to get high
The alcoholic thinking it will work out
The fitness freak hoping to prolong life
The mystic who hopes for afterlife
The nine-to-fiver in it for the dough
The coding freak, computer addict
The family man desperate for a divorce
The woman who stays on for the kids
The kid who wants to grow up
The midlifer who yearns to be young again
Contradictions, pretensions, delusions
What are we really after?
What makes a content life?
Bamboo
4 years ago
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interesting, Shyam. nice questions. sadly, very few answers!
True.
i think what we are or what we do or what we seek is actually what others expect us to do simply because they have failed. 'meaningful life' is a forgotten thing, too difficult to remember.
The people you talk about feel that they are helping you. Thats the sad part.
The most fallacious feeling of all-- when you do think they help you.
True :)
I was just reading "The Witch Of Portobello" by Coehlo... The questions you raise and those discussed in the book are similar. That apart, I guess its all about what we take away, than what we are after... just thought i should mention it!
Ah nice book.
I dont get this part. I" guess its all about what we take away, than what we are after"
What i meant to say was something along these lines...
At the end of the day, what matters most is probably what one made out of his/her life. "The introvert forced to socialise" may take from his experience 'anger for mankind', or he may learn to enjoy company... That 'thing' one take away from your experiences forms an integral part of life whether one likes it or not. The thing may be good or bad, but it still has a say in "What makes a content life?" Sorry if i am too abstract!
Very true.Thats looking at it from an exactly opposite viewpoint.And yes it does have a say.
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