All that life has to offer

suicide

and i'm not joking

 

It is difficult to explain these things from another level, since the spiritual nature of it all points to their irrelevance in the "big picture".

All I can tell people is "Live, don't try to live... just live".

I've met very few people who just live this life. They seem to be the most content ones.

 

That brings us back to the original post as well - death being the ultimate mystery and the last chance to something really new and exciting.

 

Oh, but I am content. Just wondering.

 

Unfortunately, sometimes that is the only way out.

 

You are indeed content... I also feel content.

...almost perfectly content.

Now I'd really feel content if I had a nice big sandwich.

Oh the little things that keep us away from perfection!

 

And I am not talking about death as a way out.

 

theres plenty to life before it reaches that point...IMO

 

In the end it really depends on what you want to gain in life. Take me for instance. I have no job, no car, no way to support myself cept through my parents, almost no friends in this town. An' yet I'm content as any one man can be with his life man. Granted eventually I want to get out on my own, see the world, live life a lil fuller, but untill such time as that is possible I remain here lookin' forward to the future, yet backward to the past at the same time. When life throws me curve balls I catch 'em an' throw 'em back.

Adventure you say? Each earthly adventure may be the same book with a different binding. But yet it's not the earthly adventures that matter. It's the atherworldly ones that we can experiance if we are open that bring true fruition an' completness to our lives.

Truth be told that is all it is, a mystery, a mystery that we can only find an' solve by lookin' in on ourselves an' questioning what it is we see. Try this an' who knows what you may find.

 

you guys have got some depressing philosophical views, man. of course life is going to be shit and mundane and boring if that's the way you perceive it. saying that everything is essentially the same makes no sense. if you approach everything new with the attitude that "oh, this is boring. I've done something vaguely similar before" then of course it's not going to be a big deal. but where's the fun in that?

BSR is right on the money: "live, just live." live, right now. let yourself be amazed. stare in wonder, and jump up and down with excitement, at all the cool little things and the beautiful sights and amazing experiences you can have and see in this world.

 

what the hell, Piaf. if that is ever the only way you can see, then you're not looking hard enough.

 

I wasnt talking about myself.

 

I wasn't talking about ya either, sweetheart. just saying, if anyone ever finds them in a situation where they can't see any other way out, then (well, I'll be fair and say 99.5% of the time) they aren't looking hard enough.

 

I agree, Jimmy. You're absolutely right.

 

Why do people confuse death with depression?
I was talking about death as an essential part of life, not as something sad.

 

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I think death is pretty sad.

 

death can be great...it shouldn't be sad

 

It can be sad. But it is also fascinating and beautiful.

 

this is the only bit I disagree with, bird. death is a huge part of life, in fact, is the one thing we know for certain. but this fact only makes my point that much more important: since we ARE going to die, we should enjoy every aspect of life, and seek wonder whenever and wherever we can.

death shouldn't be sad. when I die, I want my funeral to be a party. I want people to celebrate my life in mourning my death.