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Cappella Sistina

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lwien said:
mlid said:
i hate that are society has turned every thing to money and material objects. Its always is " work work work" and "make money". I would be fine in life if a was living in a shack as long i was happy and with people i loved. but instead we make are selfs go through stress and get up every day and go to work and things. And the worst part is that no matter what i say an think i know that i will still have to get up and do these things. We can never break away from the trajetory path of everything :/
I believe the idea is to find something that you have a passion for doing and do that, for if you do, you will have a very good chance of being very successful in that endeavor and find it pretty difficult to call it "work" rather than "play".
Just took the words out of my mouth. A career path doesn't exactly have to be "work", if it is something you are passionate about. I think when that occur's, the lines between work and personal become blurred.

If someone isn't happy in a situation, then its up to that person to lift themselves up...and place themselves into a more fullfilling enviroment.

A sense of "accomplishment", to me at least, is as valuable(if not more) than the pay check collected. But it is that paycheck, which allows us to accomplish other things in life. So it's all woven together, pretty closely.
 
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mlid said:
i hate that are society has turned every thing to money and material objects. Its always is " work work work" and "make money". I would be fine in life if a was living in a shack as long i was happy and with people i loved. but instead we make are selfs go through stress and get up every day and go to work and things. And the worst part is that no matter what i say an think i know that i will still have to get up and do these things. We can never break away from the trajetory path of everything :/
this is the mindset of the people where i grew up---northeast ohio. birth, school, work, death. i don't live there anymore. life is good.
 
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lwien

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Cappella Sistina said:
If someone isn't happy in a situation, then its up to that person to lift themselves up...and place themselves into a more fullfilling enviroment.
Placing oneself into a more fulfilling environment is one way. Finding something within your environment that can be fulfilling is another. Sometimes, all it takes is a change in mindset. Much easier said than done sometimes. But in reality, there are those that really relish playing the hard working, no fun victim although most either don't realize it, or would never admit it if they did. I think we really learn this things from modeling our parents, both the good and the bad.

(hope this doesn't sound to psychobabbalish) :/
 
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wilf789

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Mckdenton

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wilf789 said:
I got the munchies really bad in my Philosophy of Religion exam quite recently, having vaped beforehand (weed really helps you understand this stuff!), and then being asked whether or not one is able to hold properly basic belief in the 'Great Pumpkin'.

( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Pumpkin#Religious_metaphors - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reformed_epistemology)

Took a good 20 minutes to get my mind of pie before I could actually start answering!
Philosophy of religion was definitely one of my favorite classes.
:peace:
 
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lwien

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Mckdenton said:
Answer: Super fun.
I bet. It's like you'd wake up every morning thinking, ok, what are my students going to teach me today. :)
 
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wilf789

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Philosophy of Religion was such an interesting class. Most of my classes are History-based so each time I came out of the Philosophy one I felt like I'd just had my mind blown!

All philosophy really does though is just pose more questions rather than really solving anything. Is there a God? Is there a creator of the universe? Is God able to make a stone so heavy even he couldn't lift it (this I genuinely had to write a 12 page essay on...)? Is it reasonable to believe in religion and miracles etc.?

It's funny because all of this stuff in one sense matters more than anything in the world, but at the same time, doesn't matter at all...
 
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