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09-30-2004, 08:59 PM

Does life ever feel great for you? Lately life has just kept getting better and i'v never felt this way before.

sherpahigh · 10-01-2004, 07:17 AM

Heh... reminds me of Drive-By Truckers tune..."Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs"

I'm with you right now though, life is good, married a great girl, building a house together, the niece and nefew are good fun, job's going good, I've got no complaints.

Cynthetiq · 10-01-2004, 08:50 AM

every day... even when it sucks.. it's totally great!

Jesus Pimp · 10-01-2004, 11:54 PM

Even when someone pooped in your cereal and pissed all over your bed?

kurty[B] · 10-02-2004, 01:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus Pimp

Even when someone pooped in your cereal and pissed all over your bed?

*best Tony the Tiger voice* THEY'RE GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!!

nowthen · 10-02-2004, 10:54 AM

everyday i give thanks for what i have up to now, and that i have been given the raw tools to keep moving forward everyday and make my life and my families life better.

yeah, im a happy guy!

RainbowBright · 10-02-2004, 03:22 PM

i have such a blessed life, thanks for the reminder of how good my life is!

Rdr4evr · 10-02-2004, 03:26 PM

I sometimes take little things for granted, but I do realize that I have it much better than a lot of other people. Little things like the computer I am using, the TV I can watch, the book I can read, the warm blankets I get to sleep in, the very fact that I have a roof over my head, the fact that I dont have any major illness or disease, the fact that I am not cripple and basically for the fact that I am a healthy person with great family and friends. I am thankful for everyday I have, even if it is my worse, it is still nothing compared to a lot of poor people.

mosha · 10-02-2004, 08:32 PM

I think I need to realize how good I have it sometimes instead of focusing on what I dont have. Sometimes it feels like I am always working to get ahead instead of living for what I have now. Thanks for the reminder that life really is good!

CHollman82 · 10-02-2004, 11:07 PM

I think it is human nature to never be satisfied. It is hard to fight the feeling that life sucks no matter how good you have it. The best I think you can hope for is to think about how much worse off you could be and appreciate what you have, if only for those fleeting moments. I have a great girlfriend who I love and am planning on starting a life with, a decent job that pays all the bills (even the extra ones like road runner and cell phones and my awesome car) and all of the things I just mentioned. But, I can't stop thinking things like, "damn I wish I had a better video card so I could play doom 3", or "god my tv is a piece of shit and I would really love this 50 inch sony trinitron" I am looking into. Things like that haunt me, I don't think I will ever be satisfied with what I have. The scary part is that I know this and there is nothing I can do about it, believe me I've tried. I've even tried to lead a bhudist lifestyle where I give up worldly posessions, but I just can't change the way I think.

Cynthetiq · 10-04-2004, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesus Pimp

Even when someone pooped in your cereal and pissed all over your bed?

yes because upright and vertical is 50% of the daily battle... coherent is another 25%...

chromanin · 10-05-2004, 05:02 AM

Feels great when I consistently apply philosophy to everyday life.
It's one thing (and an important thing) to debate philosophy and evolve my philosophy in a theoretical context; to apply it consistently in a practical way though -- that makes me feel like I'm treading the infinite path to enlightenment or some shit.

badong · 10-06-2004, 08:45 AM

very happy to hear, that you are all lucky and gratefull. i'm not.
@ CHollman82:
90% in my life i'm unhappy, because i want something, i can't get. but my dissatisfaction brought me to meditation. and two or three times i felt really happy, while meditating. i felt free of all those tormenting desires. so at the moment i really hope, that this is the way to happiness. and if there is no other way, i will go into a buddhist monastry. (hanging around in a forum is defenitly no way to become happy)

la petite moi · 10-06-2004, 10:26 AM

I feel truly great when I give up all worries and anxieties. I am not faced with tragedies or anger or decisions. I can relax and stop thinking.

Kazic · 10-13-2004, 10:22 AM

alot of good things said here. Yeah I guess I can loose sight of the important things. I do have a good place to live a nice t.v and warm bed and things such as that that most would love.

Even though sometimes I get down over things I still have it pretty good compared to alot of others.

shipofshame · 10-13-2004, 01:36 PM

Whenever I have one of those days or moments in my life, where life is just so damn beautiful and everything is perfect and I love it all, I make a mental note of that moment and how I felt. I tell myself, "Now this is why life is worth living."

I suffer from high anxiety and depression, so when I get down I think back to that mental note and it gives me enough strength to keep going. I suggest others try this as well.

krwlz · 10-13-2004, 01:50 PM

I figure as long as Im on this side of the grass, life cant be all that bad.

doomed · 10-14-2004, 08:16 AM

is it me the only one who's seeing the black walls eyerywhere lately???
it took me along time to have a great life, but offf suddenely everything was disapeared, so i don't think it's so great, but i got used to live with this shit!!
maybe oneday i'll b able to talk about my problems here or anywhere and make things go fine, but this is one of my problem, that am not used to express my problems and let them out i just live with it :S

tropple · 11-04-2004, 09:21 AM

When is checkout time?

Prince · 11-04-2004, 10:44 PM

I think I am the sort of ungrateful bastard that is never really content. I am married, healthy, employed, the rent is cheap and we have five nice pets.

And yet I am not content.

09-30-2004, 08:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
MichaelVH Guest	When life feels great? Does life ever feel great for you? Lately life has just kept getting better and i'v never felt this way before.

10-01-2004, 07:17 AM	#2 (permalink)
sherpahigh So Hip it Hurts Location: Up here in my tree	Heh... reminds me of Drive-By Truckers tune..."Life ain't nothing but a blending up of all the ups and downs" I'm with you right now though, life is good, married a great girl, building a house together, the niece and nefew are good fun, job's going good, I've got no complaints. __________________ "It'd be better for me if you don't understand"

10-01-2004, 08:50 AM	#3 (permalink)
Cynthetiq Tilted Cat Head Administrator Location: Manhattan, NY	every day... even when it sucks.. it's totally great! __________________ I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not. What's the best nation in the world? DO-NATION!

10-01-2004, 11:54 PM	#4 (permalink)
Jesus Pimp The Original JizzSmacka	Even when someone pooped in your cereal and pissed all over your bed? __________________ Never date anyone who doesn't make your dick hard.

10-02-2004, 10:54 AM	#6 (permalink)
nowthen Insane Location: Republic of Panama	everyday i give thanks for what i have up to now, and that i have been given the raw tools to keep moving forward everyday and make my life and my families life better. yeah, im a happy guy! __________________ "People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them." George Bernard Shaw

10-02-2004, 03:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
RainbowBright Crazy	i have such a blessed life, thanks for the reminder of how good my life is!

10-02-2004, 03:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
Rdr4evr Banned	I sometimes take little things for granted, but I do realize that I have it much better than a lot of other people. Little things like the computer I am using, the TV I can watch, the book I can read, the warm blankets I get to sleep in, the very fact that I have a roof over my head, the fact that I dont have any major illness or disease, the fact that I am not cripple and basically for the fact that I am a healthy person with great family and friends. I am thankful for everyday I have, even if it is my worse, it is still nothing compared to a lot of poor people.

10-02-2004, 08:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
mosha Crazy Location: Htown, NJ	I think I need to realize how good I have it sometimes instead of focusing on what I dont have. Sometimes it feels like I am always working to get ahead instead of living for what I have now. Thanks for the reminder that life really is good!

10-02-2004, 11:07 PM	#10 (permalink)
CHollman82 Upright	I think it is human nature to never be satisfied. It is hard to fight the feeling that life sucks no matter how good you have it. The best I think you can hope for is to think about how much worse off you could be and appreciate what you have, if only for those fleeting moments. I have a great girlfriend who I love and am planning on starting a life with, a decent job that pays all the bills (even the extra ones like road runner and cell phones and my awesome car) and all of the things I just mentioned. But, I can't stop thinking things like, "damn I wish I had a better video card so I could play doom 3", or "god my tv is a piece of shit and I would really love this 50 inch sony trinitron" I am looking into. Things like that haunt me, I don't think I will ever be satisfied with what I have. The scary part is that I know this and there is nothing I can do about it, believe me I've tried. I've even tried to lead a bhudist lifestyle where I give up worldly posessions, but I just can't change the way I think.

10-05-2004, 05:02 AM	#12 (permalink)
chromanin Upright Location: Canada	Feels great when I consistently apply philosophy to everyday life. It's one thing (and an important thing) to debate philosophy and evolve my philosophy in a theoretical context; to apply it consistently in a practical way though -- that makes me feel like I'm treading the infinite path to enlightenment or some shit.

10-06-2004, 08:45 AM	#13 (permalink)
badong Upright	very happy to hear, that you are all lucky and gratefull. i'm not. @ CHollman82: 90% in my life i'm unhappy, because i want something, i can't get. but my dissatisfaction brought me to meditation. and two or three times i felt really happy, while meditating. i felt free of all those tormenting desires. so at the moment i really hope, that this is the way to happiness. and if there is no other way, i will go into a buddhist monastry. (hanging around in a forum is defenitly no way to become happy)

10-06-2004, 10:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
la petite moi Filling the Void. Location: California	I feel truly great when I give up all worries and anxieties. I am not faced with tragedies or anger or decisions. I can relax and stop thinking.

10-13-2004, 10:22 AM	#15 (permalink)
Kazic Psycho Location: Fortress of Solitude	alot of good things said here. Yeah I guess I can loose sight of the important things. I do have a good place to live a nice t.v and warm bed and things such as that that most would love. Even though sometimes I get down over things I still have it pretty good compared to alot of others. __________________ "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids,we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music." -Kristian Wilson, Nintendo, Inc, 1989

10-13-2004, 01:36 PM	#16 (permalink)
shipofshame Crazy Location: Montreal	Whenever I have one of those days or moments in my life, where life is just so damn beautiful and everything is perfect and I love it all, I make a mental note of that moment and how I felt. I tell myself, "Now this is why life is worth living." I suffer from high anxiety and depression, so when I get down I think back to that mental note and it gives me enough strength to keep going. I suggest others try this as well.

10-13-2004, 01:50 PM	#17 (permalink)
krwlz Fledgling Dead Head Location: Clarkson U.	I figure as long as Im on this side of the grass, life cant be all that bad.

11-04-2004, 09:21 AM	#19 (permalink)
tropple Junkie	When is checkout time? __________________ +++++++++++Boom!

10-14-2004, 08:16 AM	#18 (permalink)
doomed Upright	is it me the only one who's seeing the black walls eyerywhere lately??? it took me along time to have a great life, but offf suddenely everything was disapeared, so i don't think it's so great, but i got used to live with this shit!! maybe oneday i'll b able to talk about my problems here or anywhere and make things go fine, but this is one of my problem, that am not used to express my problems and let them out i just live with it :S

11-04-2004, 10:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
Prince /nɑndəsˈkrɪpt/ Location: LV-426	I think I am the sort of ungrateful bastard that is never really content. I am married, healthy, employed, the rent is cheap and we have five nice pets. And yet I am not content. __________________ Who is John Galt?