When I have to make a tough choice and I'm in doubt, I always try to go for it, with the reasoning that wondering "What if...?" later is perhaps the greatest torment I could bring myself. Much better to face the consequences! Whaddaya say?
"What ifs" cant really be avoided. I guess with your philosophy you minimize them. When I have a tough choice to make, I like to think Im incapable of forethought, but the truth is Im lazy and dont have much faith in my ability to think things through. So, I throw myself into things too fucking easily. I can live with "what ifs" though, I dont have a problem with them.....in my experiences, there is always a "what if" to a situation or decisison or wherever it is I find myself.
When I'm in doubt of something I usually get really scared and shy away.... I guess it's because I'm afraid of failure and of being hurt... so I try to keep myself out of those situations. It's cause me to have a lot of problems in relationships.
diversity is the nature of reality. it laughs at tyrannts just like it does at the rest of us. and whatever gods, governments, or any damd thing else see fit to exist, we live in a world that is exactly neither more nor less screwed up then our collective thoughtlessness makes it. niether love, hate, nor indifference, nor any belief, idiology or lack of it, has a damd thing to do with it. the demonizing of everything that doesn't kiss the ass of little green pieces of paper is just like any other prejudice, and like any other prejudice, is ultimately self destructive. peace, environmental harmony, and all of those good things will come, in any of several ways. one of course would be the demise of our species itself. the number of gods is as unknowable as their nature, what isn't shere fanatasy is that we do live in a universe and whatever is beyond it, deverse enough, for all kinds of nontangable awairnessess to exist. and like aquaintences we meet in waking life, they are good friends to have. very good friends, to love and find comfort in, all of that. it still remains up to us however, to avoid screwing everything up for each other. science = honesty. belief = a realization that there is always more beyond what is known. only fanatacism, which is prejudice, misconstrues both. the sacredness is in the forest, and not in the coerciveness of human society. the first option in the poll will give you a short happy life, with a probably painful ending. this would probably be all well and good if scientific medicine and it's life prolonging ability had never been invented. or brains either. but thoughtlessness and our shere numbers has made a totaly avoidable and unneccesary mess of our world we are still dependent upon living in. and there are greater happinessess then those of a passing moment, and by that i DON'T mean pie in the sky when you die by and by either. =^^= .../\...
Hey, the mnax, what did you say was the solution to the pang of solitude again? I asked you that question a while ago in another thread but missed your response if you gave me any... I know you enjoy solitude, I'm wondering how you do it... On the one hand I'm against abstinence, on the other solitude never came more naturally to me than now (because I'm more independent), but it still pains me to no end. I'm wondering why that is...what is it about you that is wiser than myself.
I'm a bit of both. At times I can think about it over and over and take that step back. Other times, I like to just go all in and see what happens. Oh well, I'm weird.
I definitely put a lot of thought into making any decisions, perhaps overly so. But my instincts always prove correct, so I listen to them.
I live by 'don't put someone elses candle out to make your's shine brighter'. I am reckless and irrational at times and am an over achiever but if I do any of the above at the expense of someone else's happiness or success than I've accomplished nothing.
i'm both i used to be more of a go getta, and just went all in for everything. but i like being in the middle now, where i can think things through a little bit, but still have the option of just going all in. i really hate what ifs...especially when people start doubting me haha... but right now...i just feel incredibly lazy and not wanting to do anything hmmm, when in doubt though....i go for the gusto
lol. That was my same philosophy in my 20s. Now that I'm 30, I have to live for something other than sex.
before i read this and i wasnt sure of the answer... now i read it again and im sure..... i always try to go for it also. there were a few times i didnt because fear got the hold of me but i typically do things because i dont want to regret not doing things. that makes me a lot.
