What if this, is all there is

chiquimonkey

The Champ wrote:

That sounds like another great design ..

heehee thanks. i haven't been drawing as much as i ought to.

xavier mcdaniel

The Champ wrote:

xavier mcdaniel wrote:

sometimes you wonder what's the point, especially in an industry such as mine that is dying a slow, painful death.

It could be worse, covering the Mets..

That's true, but the industry is run by incompetent bean counters, which is probably true of many industries.

Got a hard hard head

I'd like to think that when we cast off the physical element of ourselves, the metaphysical remains and is set free of the constraints of the body. We continue, but not in any way that we can perceive. It's a bit too final to think that we just wink out of existence and that's it.

libragirl

I think it all depends on an individual's personal outlook and how things are around them. Personally, I always hope it's gonna get better, but the realist part of me says it may stay the same. There is always the tug of war.

pearljgirl2010

I'm healthy, i have an amazing family, incredible friends, an awesome boyfriend...I have traveled the world and seen the most unbelieveable things...I think I've been so lucky in life---what else could I possibly want or need?

MayDay10

there better be something else. something much more else

catefrances

MayDay10 wrote:

there better be something else. something much more else

why?

Lizard

chiquimonkey wrote:

now is all we got, can't count on tomorrow.

one can just hope things get better, and try to appreciate the light despite the darkness that surrounds you. at least that's what i've been telling myself.

Agreed......


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blackredyellow

If this is all there is, I'd be content... I have a great family and am lucky to have a good life.

If there is something more and better, than it's all gravy.

decides2dream

i believe it was socrates that said - i am paraphrasing of course - that if this is it, and death is just eternal sleep....how wonderful that would be b/c to sleep is wonderful. and, if there IS more than this, how wonderful that would be, since to have an eternal afterlife and heaven would be wonderful to follow this life.



so yea, basically saying, either way....it's all good.
i wholeheartedly agree.

arq

This is all there is, is not sad or a happy fact it is what it is, but if there's something else that would be a nice surprice, but what the heck I enjoy life now!

MayDay10

catefrances wrote:

MayDay10 wrote:

there better be something else. something much more else

why?

lol.

just a Homer Simpson quote.

florence151

Find some one to love and share what you observe with them.
imho

DeetroitBaasketball

Well, I guess I'll go ahead and speak up. I wouldn't call myself "religious" because I hate that word. It's dumb. Having religion isn't what it is about. It's about having faith in Jesus. I'm not religious, but I have faith. Do I spend my days worrying about if I did right or wrong? Hell no. I'm content and happy much like you all are. The only difference is, I KNOW what's going to happen when I die. And it's going to be indescribable. It brings me peace and comfort. There are too many things about this Earth/creation to ignore that God exists. Nature is too perfect and beautiful.

I think there are a lot of misconceptions about us "religious" folk and the idea that most of us are running around worrying that we did something wrong, just isn't true. If you truly love Jesus and have Faith, it comes out in your life. You might have to work on it from time to time, but life is still happy.

SO if this is all there is - I'd be kind of happy. But it isn't, so I'm happier.

Ms. Haiku

The Champ wrote:

would you be happy?

About 1-2 months ago, I was thinking "Is this It?" and got very depressed. I didn't see life changing much, and that was not good. My life may seem like sludge flowing. My family is more involved, and I'm trying to make things better. It's sludge with sunshine shining on it.

justam

The Champ wrote:

would you be happy?

I find large general questions like this really hard to answer because I don't always know what angle the question is coming from. For example, do you mean, "Are you happy with your life as it is now and if it never changed would you be satisfied?" or, do you mean "If there's no heaven or afterlife, would you be happy knowing that your life is just what you experience from day to day?"

See, to me, that question could go in either direction and I'd have to answer the different versions quite specifically.

So, I'll make it easy for myself and tell you I'm answering the second possible question ("If there's no heaven or afterlife...")

Yes.

decides2dream

justam wrote:

The Champ wrote:

would you be happy?

I find large general questions like this really hard to answer because I don't always know but angle the question is coming from. For example, do you mean, "Are you happy with your life as it is now and if it never changed would you be satisfied?" or, do you mean "If there's no heaven or afterlife, would you be happy knowing that your life is just what you experience from day to day?"

See, to me, that question could go in either direction and I'd have to answer the different versions quite specifically.

So, I'll make it easy for myself and tell you I'm answering the second possible question ("If there's no heaven or afterlife...")

Yes.

this whole thread - specifically the title - reminds me of the flick as good as it gets, and specifically the jack nicholson line in the shrink's office saying "what if this is as good as it gets?"....and all looking on in horror, and one woman actually gasps.


life is change, change is life....i cannot imagine anyone, even perfectly happy today....being 'satisfied' with their life remaining as is, stagnant.....no future change. to live Is to change. at least that's my thought.

justam

That's the creative part of lives isn't it? The shifting of this and that, the improvement of somethin' else, the idea that comes from nowhere, the feeling that drops from above...

Yes, I agree. The movement through time should not be without activity.

The Champ

So I started this thread a couple of days ago at 2:00 am after a few too many..I like asking vague questions because it's interesting to see where people take it ..

Ms. Haiku

Yes, but sometimes the changes really seem small even if the activities are big. It is still like life is in stalemate, there is nothing to create a new reason for joy.

There is the white picket fence, family, house, dogs vision, and the "It will happen when you least expect it", but if not expecting it is reaching 20 years, what is life, then? It's like sludge on rerun. There is less hope. Sure, I could try to skydive, or learn to make ravioli or do any quintessential mid-life activities, but the elusive items whatever they are, that would truly complete the puzzle of my soul . . . am I done? Were the dreams a joke?

That's the mid-life question I've been asking Am I done?

I'm actually more cheerful than this particular post would suggest, but life is what it is.