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Why do people do what they do?

Why do you goto school to get the job to get the nice stuff to have a nice retirement to die? Is this all there is to our lives I mean there must be more. I’d like everyone’s comment on this.

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ginseng offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (2 minutes after post)

i wonder about this sometimes..I wonder who decided that this is the way it should be..I think we are all slaves to social comparison

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (6 minutes after post)

I mean what is holding us back from really doing what we want it seems that we have a mold that we need to be formed in like everyone else and if we break from the ways that have been set than we will be ruined.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (10 minutes after post)

all the people that are rich are because of a reason. they dont think “why am i not rich” they think “how can i get rich?” If there is anything you want to do in your life (the arts, real estate, ect) don’t heasitate, do it. and whatever you do, dont say you cant do it, because then you dont try

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Sayreville, NJ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (11 minutes after post)

I don’t believe that that is all there is. I think we are here to enjoy life and to raise our children to be good people.
You go to school to learn about things you will need in life. OK maybe not everything you learn in school you use. But some of it you do. There is that saying that history repeats itself. Well, I believe that history only repeats itself when people don’t learn from their mistakes. So in school you learn about history so that you can learn from other peoples mistakes.
As for working, that’s just the way it is. You have to make money to live. People get carried away with this. They need to have more toys, more money, … that’s not healthy. I’d say do what you like and make enough to do it.

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Marconius offline Verified User (2 years, 11 months) Long Term User Shouts: 3 #
San Francisco, CA, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (17 minutes after post)

Enjoy life, for that’s all we have. Do what you can with what you have wherever you are.

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Randolph, NJ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 hour, 20 minutes after post)

i think its good to have goals, but dont stress out. Just live life, chill and calm.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 hour, 43 minutes after post)

Don’t take life for granted you’re here today and gone tomarrow,so try to enjoy life now while you can because tomarrow is not promise.

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DoubleO offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Sayreville, NJ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 hour, 52 minutes after post)

I agree with mcphersonthear. You never know how long you or anyone else will be there. So enjoy everyday like it’s your last. And don’t stress over something you can’t change.

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heffelfinger offline Verified User (2 years, 8 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Cartersville, GA, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (3 hours, 8 minutes after post)

gettina good education enables people to develop the skills to get a job they want and live a life they enjoy. getting jobs, falling in love, being involved in activities makes up for the long time we have living. you notice that when people get sick with a disease or cancer they want to do so much. that is because theire time has been cut short and they dont have all the time that everybody else has to live thier life. believe it or not a diney movie can actually teach something. the lion king mentions the great circle of life. we are born to grow and live the lives we are blessed with. and we grow and bring more lives into the world. live everyday like your a rockstar! make your mark while you are here. dont sit back and live the life that is dull and routine. get a job you enjoy, have friends that treat you right and dont pressure you. fal in love with the person you fell you can spend the rest of your life with. these little things make life worth living!

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (3 days, 4 hours after post)

Post a reply i think about the same thing

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DoubleO offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Sayreville, NJ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (4 days after post)

Excellent response heffelfinger. I like the way you put it. So true, so true.

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2 years, 8 months ago (5 days, 4 hours after post)

And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done

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Guernsey, WY, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

wow thats harse, my anwser to that is because GOD hates us all. the only reason god put us on this earth is to die. im not a fan of god at all.

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DoubleO offline Verified User (3 years) Long Term User Shouts: 1 #
Sayreville, NJ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 4 days after post)

why so negative wcsister? Look at the good side of life. There are so many.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

Yea life kinda does feel like no matter what you do it’s already been done and whatever you get yuo can’t take with you. I think life in a nutshell is just made up of experenices and it’s what kinda of experenices we create/protect/destroy for others are the only things that matter.

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

trust me, i soo feel the same way. everyone is telling me to “do my homework” and such so i can have a “better” life. after trying what they said, i find i have no tim to fun stuff that makes life fun. when told my parents that, they took me to a pscologist. that was nice. sorry, i have no answer. keep looking. if u find it, tell me

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Tucson, AZ, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

I believe that what we do is for what we will not see. In other words, our children’s children’s children’s kids! Make the world a better place for them and you will feel great knowing that you did what you could.

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Yorktown Heights, NY, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 5 days after post)

hey thx for helping me so im going to help u w/ this . im asking myself that 2 so i need help with that actually. sorry .:(

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An Unknown Location | 2 years, 8 months ago (1 week, 6 days after post)

theres so many posts i couldnt read them all!! haha but you are complely right. life is stupid and pointless…i guess just live it and have fun. you could always be one of those ppl who doesnt go to school and doesnt get the boring job and just does wht he wants…and sees everything and maybe youll strike it rich randomly!! positive thinking right there!!

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wcsister offline Verified User (2 years, 9 months) Long Term User Shouts: 4 #
Guernsey, WY, US | 2 years, 8 months ago (2 weeks, 4 days after post)

sometimes njpita2 u cant even do that.

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samoastev offline Verified User (1 year, 10 months) Long Term User Shouts: 12 #
Arlington Heights, IL, US | 1 year, 10 months ago (10 months after post)

Your very wise for being so young.Life is a continous school.There’s three parts to every humans life 1.their body 2.Their intellect 3.Their soul….Now adays people put so much value on going to college and continuing their education.That fine but we need to maintain a balance,an intellect doesnt bring happiness.People run,exercise and work out to stay fit.Thats fine ,its good to take care of our bodies,but its not everything.Then there’s the soul,how many people put the same importance of the first two areas Ive mentioned on their souls wellbeing ?The soul is where we really can find genuine peace and strength and that which determines what or who we really are.If one becomes a fanantic in any one of these three areas we become “unbalanced”.What do you want to be known or remembered for ? Being super smart,a body builder or a person in touch with their creator,one who radiates genuinely the peace and vitality of surety ?Ask what will the end result be of anything you undertake and by this determine the path for you! Your Friend Steve

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An Unknown Location | 1 year, 6 months ago (1 year, 2 months after post)

I agree ,is there really anything else to life.
One thing I can say is that U can be in the presence of God!!!
I wouldd have been soooooooooo excited and bewildered.
In a daily basis this is what U would do:
1. wake up
2. eat breakfast
3. brush teeth
4. do something for the next 3-4 hours
5. eat lunch
6. do something for the next 3 - 4 hours
7. eat dinner
8. brush teeth
9. GO 2 SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!
It just repeats like that on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on!!!
It might as well go on forever.

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