Hello, my name is Julian Chavez. I am a 17 year old dude living in Albuquerque, NM and i have a question that i'm hoping can be answered by some real hippies. Is this a life worth living? Let me tell you about myself. My life has never been that exciting... Ever since i was a kid, i was abused and mistreated in school, but i would never hurt a fly (i was very peaceful). But in 6th grade, my life changed when i was introduced to Rock 'N Roll music. I studied many bands and artists i listened to and viewed their lifestyles. Eventually i viewed a lifestyle my mom was involved with... The Hippie culture. It really intereseted me. People seeming so free and world aware. They were so different than many people. I realized, in a few ways, i was already a hippie. I have been peaceful and respectful to everyone i've met, i am deeply concerned for our ever changing Earth, i love animals, I love the music of the 60's, but there is one thing. I've never been interested in drugs. But the culture grew on me and i wanted to try them. I was eventually introduced to pot and it blew my mind... Everything felt different. But recently, i let it go Because i thought to myself: I dont need drugs to drift my mind into the land of freedom, i was already there, but i just had to live my life the way i wanted. Today, i really love this culture and community i have been associated with for a while now and again i will ask this question: Is this the life worth living, for me?
Only you can know to you what your life is worth for living it,,,, Enjoy your self and do what you want to do! Ask your self :: What do I want in life? And that is the worth of living
Yes. Every second it becomes more and more precious in my opinion. The attachement between "life" and me grows every day.
I don't consider life "worth" anything, really. I just realize that I, by chance of birth, was born as a human, capable of many amazing things that other creatures don't have ability to do. So, I say to myself: "I am here, and I can either be miserable or I can take advantage of what I have, even if I have many personal disadvantages (bipolar disorder, lower income than the average American), and try to squeeze all of the truly and uniquely human experiences that I can while i am here!" That is the only real way to view your life IMO.
Life worth living? Living is worth everything! I plan on living to age 100+ because there is far too much to see, to do and to enjoy. Learn from mistakes, yours and others around you and more forward. Look around the corners you travel every day; seek options & plan them. Take reasonable changes & pick and choose your battles. Remember the Golden Rule and live by it. Material things should only be necessities and comfort, not excess. Plan and have goals, events set up to look forward to ... Live is incredible; live every day as it could be your last. Enjoy - Salud!
Are you feeling down? Why would it need to be "worth" something to live. Is it worth money? Would you sell it if it was? As to whether or not any of our lives has value, that's a philosophical question one might expect to never fully answer You sound like a decent person.
SHADOWEDINSHRED YES. Live your life to the fullest. Fall in Love with someone, two three or four, or more. Whatever, but do fall in Love. Constantly improve your head, heart, and mind, and soul. Grow. And never stop. Live your life to the fullest. And after that, then ask yourself if it is worth it? Good Luck my Brother. Good Life to you. Ken Look at my age. I'm a real hippie from San Francisco. My Brother. The big secret? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Only you can decide what things in your life can make your life beautiful. Only you with your own eyes can behold your life and see if it is beautiful. Make it happen. Enjoy.
It's a beautiful beautiful world. But sadly it's got a lot of very sick people in it that just want to make you feel as bad as they do. It's the old saying, misery loves company. In short, they somehow ease their suffering by making you one of them. (Other cultures suggest they're possed by demons but who really knows) So what you got to do is mentally drop down inside yourself and find your center. Once you're in there, you start seeing those sick people for what they are. A bunch of sad, lonely and very scared children. When you can only feel pity for them, then they can never hurt you again. Even if they do take a bat and break your body, the physical harm and pain will pass quickly if you're down in your center. ((( Wow, I sound like a Guru. But it's the truth. )) None of us know how long we're going to be here. Because death comes for us all sooner or later. You might win the lottery tomprrow but die in a plane crash next week. Or be the nicest man on earth but die from cancer in severe pain. You can eat right, exercise, sleep 10 hours a day, practice meditation and you can still die from a hart attack. Sorry, but that's how it goes. I'm sure that doesn't make you feel better but when you understand that it could all be over in the next 5 minutes. You stop living in fear of pain and death and you start embrassing life. So this is how I go down into my center at the start of every new day. 1) I remind myself there are only 2 emotions in this universe. A) Fear B) Love All other emotions are just different versions of fear or love. 2) I take 5 deep breaths and I repeat several times. I will end fear with love, I will fight injustice with love and I will love learning to learn. 3) I try to talk to everyone I see. The good people, the angry people, the bored people and even the people that wish I would go away. I smile at them, say hello and just try to be nice no matter what happens. And I'm always polite even when they aren't. 4) I refuse to listen to propoganda or argue with people that do. Because people that embrace love are willing to listen because they love to see if they can learn something new. Whereas people that live in fear never want to believe anything but the popular opinon. (( Arguing with fear is always a lost cause.)) After that it things become pretty simple. Or at least they do for me. I pour myself an extra glass of wine with dinner, I make love to a woman without a condom, I smoke a joint with my grand-daughter, etc. So I guess to sum all this up in much more simple terms. Just move away from the shit and life becomes worth living.
I like who you describe yourself to be, it would good to know you in the real world. It's fun to see someone young who is able and willing to think for himself and decide what he values in life. Way too many clone kids who follow the money and not their heart. Find a balance where you can survive while living with harmony on the planet and with the people you respect. Study the older societies where people lived closer to the earth. Societies that valued all the people in their realm from the little kids to the elders. You would make a great fit in my kind of world Julian. Buena Suerte
