This is an instant messenger program I had with a friend who's name I've shortened to "DSA." It starts off a little dark but I promise it's not uncomfortable to read! I thought it nicely summarized my grand philosophy, since that was essentially what he asked me to do.
DSA: Only confident ppl kill themselves cuz they know what's on the other side. Of course you see the flaw in that but I like to tell ppl that to make them grind some gears.
Alex_Horschack: > < You're right though, tons of people WANT to commit suicide but they can't because it's too scary for them.
DSA: There's no such thing as trying, you either do or don't. I've had a friend tell me the gun misfired 3 times and even if it DID he still is capable of taking his life. Here are the rules I live by:
live for the moment
change what u can
accept what you can't
attitude and confidence really are everything
and life is as relevant as this next statement: "i am a banana."
It's a lot simpler than ppl make it out to be. And in the end it really doesn't matter.
DSA: But do tell me what your outlook on life is.
Alex_Horschack: ok, well...
In this universe of ours, there is one phenomenon, which is nature.
Within nature there are two other phenomena: life, and non-life.
Non-life is pretty chill: it's very stable even though it moves and changes forms via a host of processes.
Life is fragile, and always worries about it's own well-being.
Meanwhile, while life is flipping out 24/7 about how it's going to survive Earth's eventual Venus-like transformation into a greenhouse planet, or any of the other disasters that are bound to eventually consume all of the life that we currently know to exist for sure...
Non-life just continues to do it's thing and it could really give a flying fuck about what happens to life.
Comets are going to keep following the laws of inertia, planets will continue to rotate on their axises and revolve around stars in galaxies that will continue to revolve in Galaxy clusters.
With that said, life is no more or no less important than non-life from a truly unbiased point of view and as such, in order to justify any claim at some sort of "purpose" one must shrink his or her range of concern from a universal perspective, down to a within-life perspective in order to get anywhere.
I am a unit of life. Thus, my immediate concerns should be aimed at preserving and benefiting the notion of life itself in all of it's forms.
First and foremost, I should seek to preserve and benefit my own life since I am an active campaigner for life itself, which unfortunately is something that most other organisms aren't able to be due to their lower levels of awareness. Next, I should benefit my species, which is most able to to preserve and benefit the interests of life of all sorts. Then, I should benefit species that are symbiotic to my own which will support my own species directly or indirectly, and finally I should seek to benefit entire environmental ecosystems which are supportive of the species that are symbiotic to my own.
Those are the things that should and do concern me the most.
And, in my opinion, that's what every other human being should be concerned with as well since we represent the most conscious and self-aware manifestations of the phenomenon of life that we've yet to know of in the entire universe. We are like Congressional representatives for life, preserving and advancing the agenda of life in a universe primarily dominated by unconcerned yet unbiased, unemotional non-life.
DSA: Then do you accept that in the end it really doesn't matter? Whatever will be will be...and you can only make do with what you have and make the best of it?
Alex_Horschack: That's my focus.
We have life.
Let's make the best of that!
XD
Comments (13)
Be good to yourself. To those around you. And to your world. Three fundamentals.
This was a great post, I don't know why you tagged me exactly, but it is fantastic.
I still believe the meaning of life is the number 42..... :D
Thanks for subbing.
@sarahb_86 - Heck yeah, 42!
Anyway... you have sunk my battleship, and now I must think for like a billion years. Thanks. :)
@psycho_ash - Lol.
@psycho_ash - Thinking is a great way to spend a billion years = D
Gold star for you. I liked this. =D
I like how your friend is talking in chat talk, yet you write with perfect grammar.
The contrast made me laugh.
Good entry. I personally have no idea what the purpose of life is, and I'm not even sure if there is one, but whatevs. It's all good.
I think the purpose of life is to live.
That's a nice philosophy. It's hard to think that calmly when you're in the shit with some crisis, unfortunately, especially as it relates to your children once you have them. But I try. My own philosophy is pretty similar to yours.
interesting enough... i believe life is about experiencing things. i am here to experience as much as i possibly can.
There is one line that sums it up best: "Whatever will be, will be."
Live the hand your dealt and make it the best you possibly can.
Interesting transcription!