• wombat said on Sep 28, 2007....

  I spend quite a bit of time pondering this very question.  I have always wanted to "be somebody," but what does that really mean?  I often wonder if, for example, in 50, 100, or a 1000 years, will it matter if I was a success at anything, or if I remained unknown and had a sad, boring life?  When I suffered from severe depression a few years back, an odd revelation came to me.  I decided to hang around to see what happened next, because, in the end if nothing mattered, then nothing mattered!  I saved myself with this little bit of twisted wisdom--and I am still here.  I am no closer to "being somebody" (as I call it) than I was before, but some interesting changes in my life have occured that I am glad I didn't miss out on!
   
  I think it must be true that life is what you make of it in the present, but if you don't like how it is now, it is like the weather----stick around.  It will soon change.  Who knows where I will be in 10 years?  I just need to work on the little things that will nudge me toward a better future if I plan to stick around.

• Battycat said on Sep 28, 2007....

  I wonder about this all the time, and still no nearer to finding the answer, I'm still looking :-)

• husbandhater said on Sep 28, 2007....

  Wow Wombie I needed that THANKS:~)
  BattyCat I feel like I'm looking with you.Haha!

• sweet_cookie01 said on Sep 28, 2007....

  i am on that same page right now... wish there are answers.

• husbandhater said on Sep 28, 2007....

  Here's a question do you think for those that have faith. Do you think on judgement day there will be answers?

• wombat said on Sep 28, 2007....

  Not sure I want to tackle that one.  But from certain experiences I have had in my life, I think--yes.  Hey, I guess that means I have faith, right? 

• beyondtheveil said on Sep 28, 2007....

  HH- I think that struggle you mentioned, the day to day living in keeping everything going makes most people think about this sometimes. There are times when you just think you're not getting anywhere.
  
  Its so easy to get caught up in "why me?", where am I going?, when will I get some where I wish to be? Just remember the story about the man who searched the world over to find what he really wanted, then later in life came home and found it in his backyard.
  

• queenparanoia said on Sep 28, 2007....

  yes. that's what i'm experiencing right now... it's called growing up... =)

• gingersoul said on Sep 28, 2007....

  I find it just great........:-) 
  

• silverwhisper said on Sep 28, 2007....

  me personally, i know the meaning of my life and my life's purpose. i did wonder for a long time, but once i had that revelation, it became a lot simpler.
  
  my life's purpose is to be the best person i can be. at the end of the day, if i can't look myself in the mirror, then what the hell is the point?
  
  ed

• dyingman said on Sep 28, 2007....

  Chaos theory suggests small effects can produce much bigger results.

  Effort is all that's needed to gain immortality.

  Others may not think so, but I feel I am somebody and have been for a decade now.  I am confident my power to help people will only grow.  he path becomes only more evident as I try to improve the world around me.

  I hope you find the path you're supposed to take.  It's a wild wonderful ride once you decide to climb on board.

   

• wombat said on Sep 28, 2007....

  dyingman:  I know exactly what you mean--like the butterfly theory.  I have experienced this in my life in the big picture.  As in, how did this happen?  It can be traced back to small events over time, and when you are where you are supposed to be, well then, you know why each and every conversation and turn in the road took place.

• thescotsman said on Sep 28, 2007....

   

  I have often asked myself when will it be my time? I have always been taught to treat people as you would like to be treated, and have always tried to live by this, but my time never comes.  I am so tired of being lied to by some of my friends and then they think you don't know you're being lied to. Why can't they treat me as I treat them?

• wombat said on Sep 28, 2007....

  I have been struggling over this all day, because I can't remember.  I either read this on SC or in a book I just read, but in response to the question, "Why me?"  I saw a reference to a newspaper cartoon of that dude with the Thor hat,    (someone please refresh my memory!)  railing at God, "Why me?"   And God responds,   "Why not?"
   
  Anyway, sometime or another, that made sense.   Why do we think we are so special that nothing bad can happen?  I think that was the point.  If someone else posted this, I am sorry for repeating.  If I just read it in a book, sorry for not remembering which one!
   
  Sorry for not being precise.  I am having a blond moment.....
   
  Oh...why me......

• Mamie said on Sep 28, 2007....

  of course, I think this too, right along with the rest of you. The funny thing is that sometimes I have such clarity about it that I cannot believe my good luck. Other times I am clueless...and it gets scary there! So I try to talkmyself back into clarity.
  AND I am not even blonde:)) hehe wombie...

• gingersoul said on Sep 28, 2007....

  Wombie...wait......natural blonde or bottled blonde?

  Because, see, there is a huge difference...:-)

   

• D6fer said on Sep 29, 2007....

  I think it is the downs that give us contrast to the ups in life.....I think that if you cant be happy where you are now, then how can you be happy with where you want to be? The real problem isnt your worst current situation, but the way you accept and handle it....take for instance someone who has been blind since birth....from the outside it would appear that their worst problem would be their blindness....but to them it is probably something totally different...a relationship or something like that

• polarheart said on Sep 29, 2007....

  HH, honey, I esp wonder what the purpose of our life here in England is.  We both believed it was God's will for us to move here.  Was it just to have our character's formed?  Was it for another purpose altogether?  I dont know.  Right now I do however feel like whatever it is I am failing terribly and find it hard to see any way back onto the right road.  So many questions, so little time!
   
  Luv P

• hotaka said on Sep 29, 2007....

  I have given up questioning such things. Maybe I'm part of some great plan but my job is just picking lint of the jacket of the main actors. Or maybe it's my job to adjust the lights for a little while. Or maybe there is not great plan and actually DNA is running the course of Life in the universe and I am just some vehicle to move around genetic materials and organic molecules. I figure I just have to do my best to make sense of it all and cruise around enjoying life as much as possible and doing what I can to feel I at least managed to do something memorable. Struggle is a part of it all. I can't think of any living thing that doesn't face hardship sometimes. If there was no struggle in our lives I think we would all be pretty weak and selfish too.

• hotaka said on Sep 29, 2007....

  Oh, and ginger, thanks for that. It's been a while since I last saw that. But at first I thought you were going to cut to the scene where they take out the man's liver!

• gingersoul said on Sep 29, 2007....

  Hottie.....lol.......you are very welcome, my friend.....{hug}..

   

• wombat said on Sep 29, 2007....

  gingersoul:  I am not a blond at all, but I used to be...and it came from a bottle.  Actually, I sort of regret saying I was having a blond moment.  That is just habit from what people say.  I don't buy in to the truth of that.  But on that note, I remember reading something about the world's "true blonds" slowly disappearing.  Wonder if there is any truth to that?

• Malinki said on Sep 30, 2007....

  The  meaning  of   life   came  to  me  recently  in  a  moment  of   trauma  and   fear.  My  wife  of  four  years  had  been  suffering  of  severe  headaches  for  sometime  until  she  collapsed  one  evening.  On  arrival  to  the  hospital  it  was  determined  she  had  a  massive  brain  tumor.  The  doctors  informed  me  she  needed   surgery  right  away  but  they  did  not  expect  her  to  live.  I  gave  the  okay  in  spite  of  the  grim  odds.  My  wife  and  I  have no  children  and  both  our  relatives   live  in  other  parts  of  the  world  making  it  difficult  to  get  advice.  The  real  meaning  of  life  came  to  visit  me  in  the  most   shocking,  rude  awakening  moments  of  my   life.  I  was  going  to  lose  the  greatest

  woman  to  ever  come  into  my  life,  a cancerous  tumor was  going  to  take  away  the  only  love  that  I  have  ever  come  to  know.  But  what  the  meaning  of  life  did  not  know  is  that   the  fight  within  me, the  anger  I  felt  was  going  to  defeat  the  meaning  and give  my wife  another  chance  to  live.  8  hours  in  surgery  and  5  days  in  a  coma,  my  wife  woke  up and  today  we  are  together.  She  is  alive  and  although  in  radiation  therapy,  her  baby  blue  eyes  and  her  famous  smile  continues  to  give  hope  to  others.  The  meaning  of  life  is.......

  Enjoy  life  today,  think  of  today  for  tommorrow  will come. God Bless You All  On  Soul  Cast.

   

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