(September 23, 2013 at 11:46 pm)Captain Colostomy Wrote:(September 23, 2013 at 10:11 pm)AtheistCreed Wrote: Noooo, obscure advice eludes me and confuses me further.It's actually clear as a bell, but you're a young'un still. You can curse me in twenty years when upon reflection it suddenly makes sense.
Thank you for your good intention though
My heart says "well it would be cool to be a psychologist, to sit in your office and discuss people's problems, help them cope with life, find happiness... it would also be cool to earn $100,000 working at a financial establishment in charge of their records... or business management and start my own business or assist in someone elses... oooh but I love science, what if I could be a cosmologist and learn about the origins of the Universe and assist in the research that makes breakthrough discoveries, but how much is that going to pay.... maybe a college professor but that is long term requires PhD etc... argh how about a computer science degree? That does sound like something I enjoy, I type very fast but I'm not sure ... maybe biology? working in a lab, a science degree... decent salary... but would I be exposed to a deadly virus and the government assassinates me to keep it under cover?"
Then my heart takes a breath and begins some more...
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Marcus Aurelius