Well, I just noticed that my post count is passing into the quadruple digits with this thread, so I thought I might as well make my 1000th contribution to this forum memorable.
What are our goals in life? Is the achievement of those goals what makes life worth living, or the road to them?
Being a high schooler, my "main goal" at the moment is to get into an Ivy League school, make lots of friends there, and discover my academic passion and go on to pursue it as a career. But concrete goals like that can't be all there is to it. The way I see it, forming lasting relationships with others and having fun is more important, at least moreso than succeeding in the web of expectations our society imposes on us. Money and power have really got human priorities messed up. While I'd love to go to Stanford and make big bucks as a cardiologist or whatever, all that's pointless if I don't leave myself and others without good memories.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I guess if you take anything out of this it would be to not focus so much on what people expect of you, and maybe take more time to develop what nobody would ever expect. Take some time to not only smell the roses, but explore the soil they grow in. Plant some new roses for others to admire. "I've said it before and I'll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Don't worry about the bumps in the road, focus on its winding path.
I guess my life's goals boil down into a pretty simple sentence. When I grow up, I want to be happy. That sounds awfully nice.
PS: Thank you OTters for being funny, thought-provoking, rude, insightful, witty, and ridiculous. I wouldn't have stuck around for this long if you weren't.
I have three cats. Their names are Mork, Mindy (Mork & Mindy ftw!), and Boinker. Yes, I know that Boinker has a sexual connotation now, but I didn't when I named him at age 10.
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That's fine, join back whenever you are able!
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What are our goals in life? Is the achievement of those goals what makes life worth living, or the road to them?
Being a high schooler, my "main goal" at the moment is to get into an Ivy League school, make lots of friends there, and discover my academic passion and go on to pursue it as a career. But concrete goals like that can't be all there is to it. The way I see it, forming lasting relationships with others and having fun is more important, at least moreso than succeeding in the web of expectations our society imposes on us. Money and power have really got human priorities messed up. While I'd love to go to Stanford and make big bucks as a cardiologist or whatever, all that's pointless if I don't leave myself and others without good memories.
I'm not really sure where I'm going with this, but I guess if you take anything out of this it would be to not focus so much on what people expect of you, and maybe take more time to develop what nobody would ever expect. Take some time to not only smell the roses, but explore the soil they grow in. Plant some new roses for others to admire. "I've said it before and I'll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." Don't worry about the bumps in the road, focus on its winding path.
I guess my life's goals boil down into a pretty simple sentence. When I grow up, I want to be happy. That sounds awfully nice.
PS: Thank you OTters for being funny, thought-provoking, rude, insightful, witty, and ridiculous. I wouldn't have stuck around for this long if you weren't.
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And this seems a little forum game-y to me...
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And also, that is false.
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Hey, I recognize you! :tongue.gif:
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