Sneevox
Senior Don Juan
This isn't really a well thought out guide... it's more of a long rant. So enjoy.
I think the question "Why?" is the most captivating and glamorous personal trap that exists.
If you spend your whole life thinking and asking "Why?", when are you finding the answers through adventure and life?
I mean... asking too many questions leads to dogma, depression, hatred, fear, and pretty much every other negative emotion there is. Instead of asking, "Why?", start asking yourself "What?"
Asking "what" you're doing right now, at this specific moment, to improve your life and love. THere is always something. To be afraid of dreaming is like being afraid of putting caramel on your ice cream. Some people want to do it, but they're afraid of taking in too much sugar or fat. Other people say, "Screw it!" and they enjoy the delicious flavor before running amuck and having fun, simply burning off the calories that the other people were worried about gaining.
What is the difference between those two people? One person was scared to take a risk, and the other person just did what they wanted to do. What's that supposed to mean?
Well, these attitudes about life reflected into not only the action of eating the ice cream, but what they did after the eating. The scaredy cat just sat back in his chair after eating ice cream and gained useless calories even though he didn't put caramel on it. The risk taker had fun. He didn't just have fun with his stupid ice cream, but he had fun with life afterwards.
This is the difference between so many people. The most influentual and interesting paradigm I have noticed there is today is the belief that having too much fun is "immature". Seriously, kids? Do you even know what the definition of maturity is, or are you just in a hurry to grow up and live your life in the most boring fashion possible. Are you in SUCH a hurry to stagnate and be boring that you're willing to drag others down and attempt to make them stagnate with you simply because they wanted to have fun?
So... look at it this way: A person who has fun usually ends up in the best spot. Imagine they don't care what happens. Oh, darnit, the acting role they wanted wasn't given to them. Oh well! They had fun auditioning, and they get to move on and try a new role. Maybe the one they get will be even more fun! If a "mature" person was shot down or rejected, they'd simply quit. Why? Why did they quit? They didn't lose anything. IF they would have kept trying, they might have even GAINED something!
So based on that, it's easy to say that "trying" isn't worth squat. It's not worth even a penny to those millionaire producers. They don't want you to "try" to act like your character, they just want you to BE your character.... So that means stop TRYING to be happy. Just be happy. Don't take life so seriously. IF you would stop getting discouraged over failing once (even though you lost nothing), you could just have fun with life and keep-a-strollin' along, enjoying the scenery.
What is maturity, anyways? What is it? Is it the ability to conform and act "normal", and not be "annoying" to others? I doubt it! Why is what I do so annoying to you? Does my joy upset you that much? Do my actions really have that much power? If MY actions have THAT much power over your emotions, I might as well become some sort of dictator, because MAN am I powerful! I could rule the WORLD with my actions!
Do you get my sarcasm? I hope. If not, go to sleep and stop reading. You're not smart enough to understand this.
Anyways, like I was saying... if my actions don't really have that much power, then what is the root of your feeling of annoyance? There is only one other source besides myself. Yes, that's right. I'm implying it's your grumpy ass. Stop being such a freaking stick in the mud and enjoy life.
Maturity is... the knowledge that you should respect all others and love everything unconditionally not for any reason motivated by some sort of incentive, but by just pure love.
So... now you're asking "Why? Why does it matter if I'm mature or not?!"
Well, it doesn't really matter to me all that much. Maybe I'm just writing because I feel like every word being put on this post was "destined" to be, but I don't really care that much "why", but the fact that it "is" happening. I know that whatever I do, there is some other root cause or something good that will come of it in some mystical way. I don't really know "how" or "why", but that it's the truth.
The result of my knowledge of this? I stopped worrying about the past and present, and I can just live my life in a fun way now. Living with a happy and fun attitude has gotten me to places that I can't even believe I'm at, and it's allowed me to swallow my pride and take hard hits to the ego more easily. That, in itself, has allowed me to grow as a person.
So... what's the "big lesson" behind all of this?
Stop asking "WHy" this or that has happened or is happening, and instead ask "How" you can use it to improve the Now rather than the past or present. This is not to say that you won't feel negative emotions, because I sure do, but I do think that you will find more purpose in every little action you make, and you'll begin to see the purpose in other people's actions... which allows you to draw closer to them and simply be happy with what you have and will be able to have later on.
Trust me. Life will be much, much less stressful and much more fun that way.
Just... accept the now and stop asking "Why?"
I think the question "Why?" is the most captivating and glamorous personal trap that exists.
If you spend your whole life thinking and asking "Why?", when are you finding the answers through adventure and life?
I mean... asking too many questions leads to dogma, depression, hatred, fear, and pretty much every other negative emotion there is. Instead of asking, "Why?", start asking yourself "What?"
Asking "what" you're doing right now, at this specific moment, to improve your life and love. THere is always something. To be afraid of dreaming is like being afraid of putting caramel on your ice cream. Some people want to do it, but they're afraid of taking in too much sugar or fat. Other people say, "Screw it!" and they enjoy the delicious flavor before running amuck and having fun, simply burning off the calories that the other people were worried about gaining.
What is the difference between those two people? One person was scared to take a risk, and the other person just did what they wanted to do. What's that supposed to mean?
Well, these attitudes about life reflected into not only the action of eating the ice cream, but what they did after the eating. The scaredy cat just sat back in his chair after eating ice cream and gained useless calories even though he didn't put caramel on it. The risk taker had fun. He didn't just have fun with his stupid ice cream, but he had fun with life afterwards.
This is the difference between so many people. The most influentual and interesting paradigm I have noticed there is today is the belief that having too much fun is "immature". Seriously, kids? Do you even know what the definition of maturity is, or are you just in a hurry to grow up and live your life in the most boring fashion possible. Are you in SUCH a hurry to stagnate and be boring that you're willing to drag others down and attempt to make them stagnate with you simply because they wanted to have fun?
So... look at it this way: A person who has fun usually ends up in the best spot. Imagine they don't care what happens. Oh, darnit, the acting role they wanted wasn't given to them. Oh well! They had fun auditioning, and they get to move on and try a new role. Maybe the one they get will be even more fun! If a "mature" person was shot down or rejected, they'd simply quit. Why? Why did they quit? They didn't lose anything. IF they would have kept trying, they might have even GAINED something!
So based on that, it's easy to say that "trying" isn't worth squat. It's not worth even a penny to those millionaire producers. They don't want you to "try" to act like your character, they just want you to BE your character.... So that means stop TRYING to be happy. Just be happy. Don't take life so seriously. IF you would stop getting discouraged over failing once (even though you lost nothing), you could just have fun with life and keep-a-strollin' along, enjoying the scenery.
What is maturity, anyways? What is it? Is it the ability to conform and act "normal", and not be "annoying" to others? I doubt it! Why is what I do so annoying to you? Does my joy upset you that much? Do my actions really have that much power? If MY actions have THAT much power over your emotions, I might as well become some sort of dictator, because MAN am I powerful! I could rule the WORLD with my actions!
Do you get my sarcasm? I hope. If not, go to sleep and stop reading. You're not smart enough to understand this.
Anyways, like I was saying... if my actions don't really have that much power, then what is the root of your feeling of annoyance? There is only one other source besides myself. Yes, that's right. I'm implying it's your grumpy ass. Stop being such a freaking stick in the mud and enjoy life.
Maturity is... the knowledge that you should respect all others and love everything unconditionally not for any reason motivated by some sort of incentive, but by just pure love.
So... now you're asking "Why? Why does it matter if I'm mature or not?!"
Well, it doesn't really matter to me all that much. Maybe I'm just writing because I feel like every word being put on this post was "destined" to be, but I don't really care that much "why", but the fact that it "is" happening. I know that whatever I do, there is some other root cause or something good that will come of it in some mystical way. I don't really know "how" or "why", but that it's the truth.
The result of my knowledge of this? I stopped worrying about the past and present, and I can just live my life in a fun way now. Living with a happy and fun attitude has gotten me to places that I can't even believe I'm at, and it's allowed me to swallow my pride and take hard hits to the ego more easily. That, in itself, has allowed me to grow as a person.
So... what's the "big lesson" behind all of this?
Stop asking "WHy" this or that has happened or is happening, and instead ask "How" you can use it to improve the Now rather than the past or present. This is not to say that you won't feel negative emotions, because I sure do, but I do think that you will find more purpose in every little action you make, and you'll begin to see the purpose in other people's actions... which allows you to draw closer to them and simply be happy with what you have and will be able to have later on.
Trust me. Life will be much, much less stressful and much more fun that way.
Just... accept the now and stop asking "Why?"