An article on yahoo news says being rich and working alot and hard wont necessarily make you happy. Although having enough to live comfortably will. Untill you get used to it. They say what really makes you happy is your relationship with your loved ones, and it would be better to work less and be with your family more. I totally agree.
It goes on to say
"People who get married, for instance, don't seem to "get used" to that situation - they're happier than singles and likely to stay that way, according to Easterlin. Health is another example: we get used to some extent to being in poor health, but we rarely adapt completely to being sick." So take that you dumb crackers who think marriage is the end of the world. Personally I cant wait.
"A reallocation of time" [spending less time working]"in favour of family life and health would, on average, increase individual happiness," Easterlin wrote.
I believe that. I think as long as I can live where all my bills are payed, and a I some extra left over for fun I should be all right. YAY! Lol Im a happy dork cause I got my baby squirrel!
10/14/2004
10/13/2004
For what art thou made?
Lately I have been pondering the meaning of existance quite heavily. Dont ask me why. I just am wondering what I am here for. I have had a break through however. My mind works weird. Sometimes I just keep coming back to some inconsequential data, and it wont go any further, and all of a sudden It jumps over the edge and bingo. Inspiration stikes. But I digress. (hehe just wanted to say that cause santa said it to me this morning.)
So to my theory.
(1)Well for arguments sake lets take into consideration that God is real. Also that we do have a purpose. Why do we have to have a purpose? Well God made us in his own image, correct? So most of our needs and desires that are "good" are probably from him. Now we all have an inate ability to know what good is even if we dont choose that path all the time. We then strive and need purpose in our lives, therefore God probably created that in us because he wants purpose as well. One question... does he create the purpose for us or do we create the purpose ourselves? Probably a little of both. Is my guess.
(2) So understanding God (as I understand it hehe) is impossible. However, to understand my theory we must to some extent place ourselves in his sandals so to speak. So how can we do that? Apparently not so directly. So lets be clever... To our loved animals we are somewhat like God. So what if they could talk, and reason? What would we want them to do? What purpose would we give them (considering we are God a selfish purpose as in doing things for you is right out) So we would want the pets to learn, and develop, and eventually teach them to be like us, yet retain their personality while weading out negative traits, as in peeing on your carpet.
So does this mean God's plan is to make us perfect and craft us to be just like him? Why not? Of course the bible says no one is perfect but him. HOWEVER, it does also say God can do anything, and wouldnt it be accurate to say the bible doesnt say that we cant become perfect with Gods help?
(4) What is Hell's Role in our Perfection? Well apparently some people are either not perfection material, or else there is no hell? Could their be reincarnation? Well I am sure there is a God, but I just am not sure it is the God most of us think of as him. How can some people be cast in hell by our compassionate all caring savour? I dunno, but would you keep a dog that kept biting your hand whenever you tried to feed it? What would you do if you didnt have the heart to destroy it? Send it somewhere else? We wouldnt make it nasty however, because we wouldnt want to hurt the dog because he doesnt relize what he is doing... perhaps hell is bad because of Gods absence and our inability to gain our divine potential? Or MAybe hell is nasty... Who can tell. Im just saying I wouldnt create it like that but I am not God so of course I wouldnt.
(5)Well I don't know what we are to do in heaven, but surely it will not be nothing. Perhaps we will have worlds to rule over after we reach our divine potential, or perhaps Im wrong and it will be just like LAS VEGAS! HEHE DOUBTFUL.
But I think our purpose is to be the best we can be and not take life to seriously or else we doom ourselves to depression. Perhaps life is a big school in which when we learn enough we graduate, die, and are resurrected in heaven to do... what? The real question would be is Heaven College, or Retirement? I cant say for sure.
So in conclusion I think we are here to enjoy ourselves, yet learn and reach our fullest divine potential until we are ready to graduate (die) and move on. To what I dont know, but we shall all in time.
So in the words of some famours Phiolospher Guy "A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking." So never stop thinking! I conclude my Philosophical ravings and bid you good night.
So to my theory.
(1)Well for arguments sake lets take into consideration that God is real. Also that we do have a purpose. Why do we have to have a purpose? Well God made us in his own image, correct? So most of our needs and desires that are "good" are probably from him. Now we all have an inate ability to know what good is even if we dont choose that path all the time. We then strive and need purpose in our lives, therefore God probably created that in us because he wants purpose as well. One question... does he create the purpose for us or do we create the purpose ourselves? Probably a little of both. Is my guess.
(2) So understanding God (as I understand it hehe) is impossible. However, to understand my theory we must to some extent place ourselves in his sandals so to speak. So how can we do that? Apparently not so directly. So lets be clever... To our loved animals we are somewhat like God. So what if they could talk, and reason? What would we want them to do? What purpose would we give them (considering we are God a selfish purpose as in doing things for you is right out) So we would want the pets to learn, and develop, and eventually teach them to be like us, yet retain their personality while weading out negative traits, as in peeing on your carpet.
So does this mean God's plan is to make us perfect and craft us to be just like him? Why not? Of course the bible says no one is perfect but him. HOWEVER, it does also say God can do anything, and wouldnt it be accurate to say the bible doesnt say that we cant become perfect with Gods help?
(4) What is Hell's Role in our Perfection? Well apparently some people are either not perfection material, or else there is no hell? Could their be reincarnation? Well I am sure there is a God, but I just am not sure it is the God most of us think of as him. How can some people be cast in hell by our compassionate all caring savour? I dunno, but would you keep a dog that kept biting your hand whenever you tried to feed it? What would you do if you didnt have the heart to destroy it? Send it somewhere else? We wouldnt make it nasty however, because we wouldnt want to hurt the dog because he doesnt relize what he is doing... perhaps hell is bad because of Gods absence and our inability to gain our divine potential? Or MAybe hell is nasty... Who can tell. Im just saying I wouldnt create it like that but I am not God so of course I wouldnt.
(5)Well I don't know what we are to do in heaven, but surely it will not be nothing. Perhaps we will have worlds to rule over after we reach our divine potential, or perhaps Im wrong and it will be just like LAS VEGAS! HEHE DOUBTFUL.
But I think our purpose is to be the best we can be and not take life to seriously or else we doom ourselves to depression. Perhaps life is a big school in which when we learn enough we graduate, die, and are resurrected in heaven to do... what? The real question would be is Heaven College, or Retirement? I cant say for sure.
So in conclusion I think we are here to enjoy ourselves, yet learn and reach our fullest divine potential until we are ready to graduate (die) and move on. To what I dont know, but we shall all in time.
So in the words of some famours Phiolospher Guy "A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking." So never stop thinking! I conclude my Philosophical ravings and bid you good night.
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