Everything is a waste. Why? Cause wer'e all gonna die, and have a short time here. There are many different types of folks on this planet. So the question is what makes you happy, in a world with so much pain. Honestly, can anyone say they are happy, or even satisfied?
Albert Einstein unraveled the entire universe with his eqaution but he won the nobel prize for something else. He took the money and gave it to his wife, if she promised to divorce him. She later bought two expensive flats in Germany. Einstein also had stomach problems during his life according to his memoirs.
Then there is Elvis, who had the world by the short hairs and lacked for nothing. There are over 40,000 Elvis impersonators in the world. That is a very strong indication that many people would desire his life. The poor guy just kept giving and giving till there was nothing left of him. It's a strange irony that this guy died on the john, for two reasons. It was not dignified, and the can is about the only place he never had a camera shoved up his ass. If this guy were truly happy, would he have taken enough drugs to kill a horse?
What about Bruce Lee, or Muhamed Ali. They went pretty much undefeated, for their entire lives, but would you want to have have to defend your ass, against every Tom Dick and Harry that wants to prove their manhood on a daily basis? Ali is now a shadow of his former self. He can't even beleive it is him when he looks at old footage and can barely speak from his battered brain.
Now we have the confessions of Mother Theresa. Guess what everyone, it was just an act for your benefit. Her personal letters belie what she truly felt.
Ok then. Being good is too hard eh! Not enough people who care? Not enough faith or truth for you. Still feel empty inside? Then lets go to the other extreme.
I read a 600 page autobiograpy of Hitler. His childhood was brutal like Saddams and his quest for power however delusional became almost a complete reality. His answer was to eliminate those that caused problems. Something like Joseph Stalins style. NO MAN< NO PROBLEM. These guys literally tried to change the world into something they liked better and make the world work the way they wanted it. Would you want to live with the threat of waking up everyday knowing how hated you are and wondering when you'll be receiving a bullet between the eyes, unable to trust even your own Generals? Apparently, and I don't know if I can verify, but I have read before and I can't remember where but Hitler had only one testicle and in the end suffered from parkinsons just as Ali does today. He also had wicked stomach problems and his flatulence was not a secret among peers. I'd be pretty mad at the world if I had only one ball too. How can you make the world a better place with only one ball?
So how do we fill our cups? Answers, answers, answers. Are you happy Terry? You seem to have a lot of answers, but I'm sure you must realize, that only gives you more questions. Would you be satisfied if all knowlege of the ages were poured into your head. Then there would be no mystery, no questions, no adventures, no suprizes. You would be God. Well then, if there is a god he must be awfully lonely. How could he even have a partner with which to share the wonders of the universe. Maybe it's better for everyone that he doesn't show his face. Hell, even love can be quantified into a biochemical reaction of oxytocin, which is the element responsible for human bonding.
I know one thing. We are living in the information age and we have to decide what is useful information in our short lives and what is garbage. Many people don't have any idea of what garbage is, becuase the world is full of entertainment and knowledge to divert us with the easier satisfying quick fixes. Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears are symptomatic reflections of the times we live in.
Simplicity is beautiful. When you can take all the factors and boil them down to see the picture more clearly. E=MC squared. Can we do that with our own lives and let love be, without overanalysing it? No, because we want security. Thats why we make legal contract for partners called marriage certificates.
They say ignorance is bliss, and for some simpletons it is. What you don't know won't hurt you. I was talking to a girl one time, who complained that the older she gets, the more and more problems come her way. I told her, " It is not that problems are coming your way, it is that you are becoming more aware of there existance."
I have often felt that the elimination of pain in the world should be one of the objectives of the human race. Anyone would agree that seems a worthy goal, but history has shown pain to be a great teacher. Despite this fact, we continue to forget the lessons history teaches us. The world continues to change, and new generations must be retaught over and over again.
Living is a waste of life. Its much harder to live than be dead. Peace is elusive in these horrendously needy bodies. I seek peace, I seek love, and I seek useful knowledge. I know that no one will ever have all the answers, but I won't knock anyone who entertains themselves with crossword puzzles or minor amusements so long as they don't hurt anyone. I am also aware that it is almost impossible to go through life and make everyone happy.
Everything is energy, good or bad and I don't know where it goes when we shuffle off this mortal coil but I know that I don't want evil. The things that people leave behind from their lifes endeavours are what lasts beyond the grave, but if all existance is finite, then all is for not. With this dismal possibility in mind I can cut folks a lot of slack. I would sooner spend the day with a with a slow wit, than an arrogant insufferable intellect.
