What do you WANT
So I was in Philosophy class, and my prof said something interesting. What do you want? He said, "most people don't know what they really, truly want." So, here it goes, what I want, in life:
A happy family. Doesn't mean non dysfunctional, doesn't mean "normal" though I find it increasingly difficult to attempt to define what "normal" is anymore.
Health, for my children and the people I care for. Simple enough. Too many people I care about have too many medical problems.
A home. Not a house. What's the difference? I live in a house right now, it's not by any approximation, my home. Home is more of an ideal, a state of mind to me than a physical structure.
Long life. With life comes knowledge. With knowledge comes wisdom, in time. Everyone deserves to live long.
True happiness. By definition to me true happiness is being fine with where you are in life, with who you are, with whatever you choose to be.
I want to be able to no longer hold back intellectually. I know the answers so much but my fear of becoming ostracized by peers in class constantly prevents me from stating what I know.
I want to be accepted by people for who I am, and not just some guy in really nice clothing. (This DOES NOT apply to anyone on here).
Having my children grow up to be well rounded, happy people. Really up to me, no one else. Well, up to lots but I have to own up to what I do to influence them.
Achieve balance. Life is about balance, the universe is about balance. I need to be balanced.
Finally, someone to be with, intimately on an emotional, not just a physical level.
Physicals nice and all but emotional, you just cant beat that feeling. Someone who I respect, and care for, who will respect and care for me and my children, and become an equal partnership. Now, its one thing to say this but a completely different scenario to actually be a part of a relationship like that. And I've been there, on both the good and bad ends of relations so I know they're out there, it just takes time. Then again, what doesn't?
There's far more here for me to list, and plenty of things for me to say that I just can't think of right now. I'll update this at some point, perhaps elaborating more.
A happy family. Doesn't mean non dysfunctional, doesn't mean "normal" though I find it increasingly difficult to attempt to define what "normal" is anymore.
Health, for my children and the people I care for. Simple enough. Too many people I care about have too many medical problems.
A home. Not a house. What's the difference? I live in a house right now, it's not by any approximation, my home. Home is more of an ideal, a state of mind to me than a physical structure.
Long life. With life comes knowledge. With knowledge comes wisdom, in time. Everyone deserves to live long.
True happiness. By definition to me true happiness is being fine with where you are in life, with who you are, with whatever you choose to be.
I want to be able to no longer hold back intellectually. I know the answers so much but my fear of becoming ostracized by peers in class constantly prevents me from stating what I know.
I want to be accepted by people for who I am, and not just some guy in really nice clothing. (This DOES NOT apply to anyone on here).
Having my children grow up to be well rounded, happy people. Really up to me, no one else. Well, up to lots but I have to own up to what I do to influence them.
Achieve balance. Life is about balance, the universe is about balance. I need to be balanced.
Finally, someone to be with, intimately on an emotional, not just a physical level.
Physicals nice and all but emotional, you just cant beat that feeling. Someone who I respect, and care for, who will respect and care for me and my children, and become an equal partnership. Now, its one thing to say this but a completely different scenario to actually be a part of a relationship like that. And I've been there, on both the good and bad ends of relations so I know they're out there, it just takes time. Then again, what doesn't?
There's far more here for me to list, and plenty of things for me to say that I just can't think of right now. I'll update this at some point, perhaps elaborating more.