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Let's talk about life.
#31
RE: Let's talk about life.
(November 3, 2017 at 8:28 pm)Aegon Wrote:
(November 3, 2017 at 5:38 pm)Hammy Wrote: I recognize the Alan Watts quote.

He's said some really inspiring stuff. But he's also said a bunch of hocus-pocusy new age bullcrap, unfortunately.

My favorite thing ever said by Alan Watts is the following:

Agreed. I've read several of his writings and listened to all the lectures of his I could find. I'd say I have enjoyed 70% of it. But that 70% has fundamentally changed the way I view myself and the world, and I'm much happier for it.

I've listened to basically all the YouTube content of him that exists and I also bought and read one of his books. He has a poetic way of looking at things.
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#32
RE: Let's talk about life.
(November 3, 2017 at 5:41 pm)Cyberman Wrote: Life is like a box of chocolates...

People just want to chew you up and then throw away the bits they don't want.

Life is like a box of chocolates...

Too much of it makes you sick.

45 is like that prank can of mixed nuts where when you open it a fake snake spring pops out. Only in his case you wish it were a mere prank.
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#33
RE: Let's talk about life.
I'd rather skip talking and go straight towards indulging in life.  Cool
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#34
RE: Let's talk about life.
"Life is one of those things many of us find hard to avoid".
- Rowan Atkinson.

Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:

"You did WHAT?  With WHO?  WHERE???"
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#35
RE: Let's talk about life.
Life:
I don't know what I want to do with it and I am young and terrified! I only get one chance to choose something and then I die! What career/college major I choose to do is all I'll get to choose because this is my one life and I don't know what the right choice is for me and it's frustrating me!
The bugle sounds as the charge begins

But on this battlefield no one wins

- Iron Maiden, The Trooper
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#36
RE: Let's talk about life.
Awww.

I'm 29 and I still haven't decided yet.
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#37
RE: Let's talk about life.



In all seriousness, I once had an assignment where I was asked to finish the sentence "Life is-" and my response was "a joke whose punchline is 'The Aristocrats!'" Seriously, the more I look into stuff that happens in the world (and that's even disregarding the fact that we apparently thought Donald Trump was a fair candidate for the leader of the free world), the more valid this appears. I mean, the first time I listened to The Aristocrats joke, I thought it was just gross; about the third or fourth time, I thought 'This is Life.' Maybe not on a literal level, but it's crazy enough that it seems so.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.

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I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
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#38
RE: Let's talk about life.
Life is gray, boring, painful and as Hammy said ... It's like being a spectator and not a participant of this show .. you feel but you can't react. ... 
BUT from time to time the sun shines and then it's like a rainbow on a rainy day
... and on the end of the rainbow awaits us a great surprise
...and then life is worth living for these moments! Wink
"Alone is what I have. Alone protects me." 
“I may be on the side of the angels but don’t think for one second that I am one of them.”
“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day."
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#39
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I'm a fan of life. Seems pretty straightforward. Take the happiness you can get your grubby paws on. Enjoy that as much as possible. Seems to work for dogs.
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#40
RE: Let's talk about life.
Life is something I'll only do once, and I don't want to waste it.
The bugle sounds as the charge begins

But on this battlefield no one wins

- Iron Maiden, The Trooper
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