Originally posted by Raven69try living for yourself for a while. living for others or the love of others is a nice idea, but doesn't work. when you live for yourself, it doesn't matter how much the things you do or say 'matter'. they can be small things, indifferent, or even big if that rocks your boat. just make sure it's your thing.
Eventually everyone will die - everyone you love and live for. Everything you've known will turn to dust. And nothing anyone ever did will matter. So why live? What is there that is so worth living for? So worth putting yourself through the agony of life? Worth talking to people who are nothing but empty, hollow shells. Worth watching half the world suffer w ...[text shortened]... e the other half doesn't give a s---
Give me a reason why life is worth living. Any reason.
however, if you're a "dog person", you're screwed.
Originally posted by Raven69i wrote this just for you, Ravey:
Eventually everyone will die - everyone you love and live for. Everything you've known will turn to dust. And nothing anyone ever did will matter. So why live? What is there that is so worth living for? So worth putting yourself through the agony of life? Worth talking to people who are nothing but empty, hollow shells. Worth watching half the world suffer w ...[text shortened]... e the other half doesn't give a s---
Give me a reason why life is worth living. Any reason.
GRANNY.
Originally posted by Raven69Dear Raven....you never get that old. Memories are what you make in the present time. Oh sure, I can torment myself with sad memories and regrets, but getting old does not end pleasure. If you look ONLY for pleasure, and live only so as to please yourself, you will have moments of depression. It is when you bring happiness to others that you feel contentment. Some here have given you lists of things that bring them pleasure. Some do not appeal to me and others strike a chord and remind me of what brings me joy. If death brought the end to your existence, it would seem rather bleak, but life does not end when this flesh decays. The spirit lives on. I think you are feeling what any one of us has already experienced before they recognize this fact. I think it is a good thing that you have come to this place in your life when you feel empty and hopeless. You are not alone. But, this can all be changed.
Is that all then? Physical pleasures. Until you get so old that they go beyond desire or ability. And your memories of youth serve as a painful reminder of what you no longer have.
