Posted by SLS on January 1, 2012, at 17:24:53
In reply to Re: Blowing Things Out Of Proportion I Hope » Phillipa, posted by sigismund on January 1, 2012, at 16:01:45
> Oh PJ, I don't know, We're all going to die soon enough, there's no hope, nothing matters really, why worry? Soon enough we will both be dead. What's the problem? I think the Buddha said it....Hope causes pain.
Gosh.That doesn't sound very optimistic.
I'm surprised by your outlook here.
You might be right about the inevitability of death. However, things do matter to me. One might as well self-actualize and live a life of joy and reward. There are no second chances.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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