life
let me pose a question to all of those who happen to stumble across this entry: why do you believe that you are here? it's not that difficult of a question to grasp, however it is one that no one seems to be able to provide a substantial answer to. why is this? are we to not know this? or are we too blind to see the answer despite it being right in front of our face? in this day and age, it has been ingraned into our psyche's that whoever dies with the most toys wins. i myself have bought into this propaganda. it's obvious in the toys that i have (ex: motorcycle, my truck, guitars, etc.) so does this mean that i'm ahead in the game or does it mean that i've just fallen to a propaganda pushed to us by all facets of society. this leads me back to the question that i posed earlier; why are we here? the basic response to this question is from a purly biological stance: we are here to reproduce and carry on our civilization. it is our primal instinct to reproduce. yet, if this is so, why are there some people that decide that they simply do not want children? that elminates that answer. some would respond with people are on this earth to do great things. we are all winners! it's been inbred into us from a very early age that if we have the drive we can achieve great things. yet, there are those among us that choose to do nothing with their lives and waste away into nothingness without anything to show for their lives and die without anyone noticing. now you are probably wondering why i decided to go on my rant about whomever has the most toys wins right? that is another possible answer to the question of why we are here. if you think about it, some poeple's only concern is their fiscal state or what they are going to buy with the ludacris ammounts of money they have. they have no interest in anything else but to make money and spend it at somewhat of an alarming rate. at the end of their lives, they die with no money but they have a lot of toys that are going to do them a whole hell of a lot of good once they are dead and gone. there are also those of us who live life with the quest to find another with whom they can spend every last minute with. they are on an everlasting quest for love. to try and find "the one". that's a bit of a hit or miss situation. you either find "the one" or they are on the other side of the world and you'll never find them. by now i'm sure your curious as to what my answer to this question is. get ready for this becuase your going to laugh. it's not some profound statement rather, it's a combination of all of the previous statements that i've mentioned. i believe that in order to live a fullfilling life, you must have children to teach the ways of the world to and pass on important life lessons. there is no greater feeling in the world that watching a child understand something and truly grasp a concept for the first time (i experiance this first hand from coaching). you also must be able to achieve something with your life. why bother living unless you have achieved something that you are proud to tell your children about. there is a term for such a story about your life. it's your legacy. you must also be able to collect money, not just for personal gain, but for the wellbeing of your offspring. when i die, i plan on enjoying the comfort that my children and their children will have no monetary burden due to my passing. i would like my chlidren and grandchildren to be able to go to the school that they want to go to, not to a school that they have to go to due to a lack of money. not that i'm saying that having toys is completly unacceptable. i'd be a hypocrite if i were to say that. and that brings me to the final part of my answer to the question of why we are here. love. love is a trickey subject and there are few who truly grasp it, if any. love is a double edged sword. it can be beautiful and it can be deadly. love has created beautiful things, as well as start wars (ex. trojan war). to find the one person with whom you connect on all levels, romantically, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, is, in my mind, one of the greatest emotions a human being can feel. i say this not necessarily out of experiance, but out of sheer intuition.
why did i just write all that you might ask? well, the past couple of days i've been thinking alot about life. not only because my 19th birthday is coming up, but mother's day. ah yes enter the sighs of pity. i can hear them now actually. don't get me wrong, i appreciate all the love and support i receive from family and friends, it's just kind of unnerving to have gone through all of what i've been through and come out of it a better person and still recieve those damn pity sighs. pity i do not need/desire. support i do.
so please do me 3 favors: leave me a comment as to what you think of my reasoning as to why we are here, explain why you think we are here, and give your mother's some pretty flowers. i know i will.
why did i just write all that you might ask? well, the past couple of days i've been thinking alot about life. not only because my 19th birthday is coming up, but mother's day. ah yes enter the sighs of pity. i can hear them now actually. don't get me wrong, i appreciate all the love and support i receive from family and friends, it's just kind of unnerving to have gone through all of what i've been through and come out of it a better person and still recieve those damn pity sighs. pity i do not need/desire. support i do.
so please do me 3 favors: leave me a comment as to what you think of my reasoning as to why we are here, explain why you think we are here, and give your mother's some pretty flowers. i know i will.