THE MEANING OF LIFE

[fishlady]

I find myself here lately pondering the meaning of "living", is the daily turmoil of working your way thru a crowded roadway just to make it to a job that the majority of people aren't happy with, looking forward to that every other Friday when the eagle flies into your pocket only to go out a hole that has developed on the other end of the opening???...Does this all mean something?....is the end really near and fastly approaching us all?......As i sit on a layer of sand at the beach and watch the little life forms that inhabit it scurry around in an endless search for something?....I wonder....is this all there is???....as Jack Nicholson said..."Is this as good as it gets?".......I don't know....but one things for certain......the days are numbered long or short....the world is grossly becoming a melting pot for violence and hatred......and the long running pursuit of the american dream is getting farther and farther out of the reach of so many's goals to achieve.....It's when i see things thru these eyes in these times that I am greatful that I have my fishies, my parrot, my kitty kat, and the ability to take a drive and sit on a blanket of sand and feel the wind in my hair, the soft sea breeze on my face, and the sunset of a day gone by in the hopes of a new one to take it's place once again as the morning rolls around again......This in my hopes is the meaning of "Life"....and the adventure of "living" another day in it.......

Just my thoughts....
thanks for looking......

Fishlady......

[eklikewhoa]

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Is all, good fishlady?

Hope that prison break didn't startled you.

I love life......I love what I do for work.....I don't mind the commute to work....I enjoy the ride home as much as I enjoy the ride to work.....Life is good.....whether it be on the white sand or on my little stool staring at my fishies.

[guppymax]

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The purpose of life is to have as much fun as possible before it is over. It helps to find a fun job and not to worry too much about money. Also it is best to avoid risky behavior that is sometimes associated with short time fun like jumping out of airplanes without a parachute. I have seen it get really bad and its been a lot better ever since. It is not about the destination. It is about the journey.

max

[Tiapan]

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yes  there is meaning to this life, in the love we have for friends and others. there is a lot of bad in the world but it isnt like is has been before, not in those numbers anyway. and the only way for it to change for the better is to stand up against that which you think is wrong and then Raise your children to do better, that is the only solution. every little bit helps .

of course i did want to start my own form of governemnt but got too busy with other things.    Oh if anyone had questions about my governemnt just give me a pm, i can send you a rough rough outline of some of our ideas.

[Tiapan]

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the discusion for it did happen of beer and boneless chicken wings so give me a little leeway ok, but i am serious me and some friends really did start talking about a new or altered form of government.

[Tiapan]

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but there is one there thing i would add to your question about the meaning of life and all that and its not that the answer is 42, (we will see who gets that one) but that take a look at your pets and espescially the fish and such and look how beautiful they are, and think that somewhere in natures plan there is a beauty that just cant help coming out sometime. and as long as we try to keep that beauty then it cant all be wrong in the world.

[djmatthewblack]

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...is the end really near and fastly approaching us all?

I don't think so.  Plato thought he would see the end of the world in his lifetime.  I think a certain amount of arrogance can come with believing that.  Life has continued for billions of years, evolving and adapting.  I will die, that is certain, but for no reason should the rest of the world be coming with me.

[PhishPhreek]

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He who dies with the most toys wins.  


Before you make an important decision, ask yourself "In a 100 years is anybody going to notice the difference ?"


I just had my icecream and I'm fat, dumb & happy!  :emtthumbs:

[Juicy]

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Fishlady, your writing is poetic and beautiful. If I could write like you I'd be writing novels....Working in a prison sounds depressing, maybe you should consider a new line of work....

Take care of yourself

Juicy

[geoff_tropheus]

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Love, its not about money, its about the relationships you have developed, and shared with people. It's not about how much money you have, had, or spent.  It's the impressions you left behind, that something you did made a difference to someone.

What do you want to be remembered as? A dad, a wife, a husband, a friend perhaps? a best friend?

The only advice is, Live a Life that Matters, be passionate.

[geoff_tropheus]

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I used to have an hour and 20 mintue commute each way.  Now I only have about 15 mintues each way.  

At the end of the week that's over 13 hours of driving, now my drive is about 2.5 hours a week.

At the end of the month, that's a paycheck for free, not anymore.

[fishlady]

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in my minds eye i see a world geoff ..a perfect place where all that you feel and all that you do is rewarded in return with caring, compassion, empathy, and yes sometimes sympathy.....It's a relentless rainbow i seek in my days I guess...a rainbow of hope, happiness, and kindness ...something to give me that feeling that yes i made a mark on something while i was here.....I have discovered that I have spent alot of my life trying to bring just a tiny bit, a spark if you will of "happy" to each individual that I have known....whether it be thru helping out with money, just sitting in the same room, crying all night in an embrace of emotions from the world outside the door....or just listening to them.....I used to believe that the world was an adventure....well worth the effort of grabbing "the life ring"....not the brass ring....I've never had pipe dreams of having a big white house with a picket fence and 2.5 kids, dog, cat, car, you know the whole Leave it to Beaver scenario......I have only dreamed of just a little bit of "Happy"....not even being piggish about that mind you.....but i have concluded that life is a merry go round......an endless circle with a few nice views depending on the side your looking at......but when it all boils down to the nitty gritty.....it's something you just have to endure along the way......My prayer of the thoughts of me from someone i may have met, known, or just helped along my life's path....is .....She always said what was in her heart.....she always gave all her best at what she did or tried to do......she kept it real....and put others needs and wants, and happiness ahead of her own....That's what i hope that they think of me when i'm old and gone....but for right now...the world looks bleak to me.....but i will continue to press on in an endless pursuit of just one day of happy with nor recourse to pay for having had it......

thanks for all the thoughts everyone.....just feeling mortal ....i never watch the news and i made the mistake of doing so this week....so it saddened me.....but i promised myself that i woudn't do that again.....i'm just going to browse the net in search of that ultimate fishy that i know i can't live without.......

[geoff_tropheus]

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just keep it real.  

Be true, truth hurts, but lying is worse.

In life's Ocean, you got to grab a hold of that lifering and sometimes float with the current...then sometimes kick..keep your head above water. :wink:

You know people say you can eat a Elephant one bite at a time, what they dont tell you is, you got to keep chewing.

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewpoetry.asp?AuthorID=15930&id=130124

Life is much like a merry go round...
The ride is the thrill not the prize
The prize is to complete the ride
To stay seated each fall and rise
Enjoy it and finish with pride

[geoff_tropheus]

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Oh..one more thing...

Keep staying on that Merry Go Round, and eventually your going to get sick and blow chunks on yourself.

Then its time, to get off and find a new ride..

[eklikewhoa]

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Yeah I don't normally watch the news either since it's full of BS most of the time and crap you could have done without.......just so happened that there was a guy at lunch that got to the remote before the others so it was the news instead of family guy.