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Man is a mystery. It reads to be unravelled, and if you spend your whole life unravelling it, don't say that you've wasted time. I am studying that mystery because I want to be a human being.Dostoevsky
Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,
The proper study of mankind is man.
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,
A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side,
With too much weakness or the stoic's pride,
He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;
In doubt to deem himself a god, or beat;
In doubt his mind or body to prefer;
Born but to die, and reasoning but to err;
Alike in ignorance, his reason such,
Whether he thinks too little or too much:
Chaos of though and passion, all confused;
Sill by himself abused and disabused;
Created half to rise and half to fall;
Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled:
The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!Alexander Pope
To define the human race as either good or bad seems a bit provincial to me.
Last edited by Dori; 02-22-2009 at 08:37 PM. Reason: to clarify
com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
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Well, I look in the mirror and am quite pleased.Originally Posted by ihavebrownhaira
You shouldn't be so hard on yourself.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Gee Virgil feel free to post some more pictures like that.
He is really worthwhile
I am back............................
Yeah well, sometimes I take pictures of myself in underwear.
LET THERE BE LIGHT
"Love follows knowledge." – St. Catherine of Siena
My literature blog: http://ashesfromburntroses.blogspot.com/
Yes, the human race is worthless they say who worship Shay-El the cockroach god and smile at decay. It only takes one to tango, twos a waltz, and the cakes only half over before the coffin sings.
But it has everything to do with feelings ... According to your title: "do you feel?"
So, what leads someone to feel this way? Well, don't answer, I don't think it might be the point, but think.
I felt miserable, now and again, but not everyday.
Being human is about being happy sometimes, and miserable now and again, and tired of working, and enjoying a holliday, sometimes, waiting for the weekend to come, hating mondays ...
If you feel miserable all the time, perhaps you're not living in a .. human condition.
According to what has been said, it usually has to do with yourself, rather than with others. Usually, but not necessarily. If everyone around you annoy you, maybe it's time to spend some time alone ...
I don't know.
A hobby might be good as well.
Sports.
Cooking?
(Eating!)
Maybe playing chess with yourself ...
I don't recommend tv.
Nature!: run away, climb a mountain!
See the ocean.
Walk under the moon.
Hear some music ... Mallu Magalhaes, perhaps?:
After all the weekend
On a supposed calm sunday afternoon
At the moment she could see the moon
When I saw her she was just crying
Right under my fav’rite tree
I talked to her and I was trying
To show her what she couldn't see
Behind the flowers in the light she found the sun
Behind the sad I showed her that life is pretty fun
(...)
Hey, ha, ho
There's no reason to hide
I could be a kind of a guide
I could be by her side
Yeah, yah, yo
She could be just with me
& I would be grateful
Cause I would feel, yes, I would feel really (cool)
If you come over I'll say chewba-dooba
If you are down, baby I'll say chewba-dooba
If you don't know where I am, I'll be chewba-doobing
If you don't know who you are
You can chewba-da, well you can chewba-dooba
[guitar_solo]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIrshiKvw6U
(I just found her out ...)
(She doen't make a pig ... Well, if you can only see a pig, at least there are cute pigs that seem to have poped out of manga books ... Doesn't she resemble lightly Minmei, of Macross/Robotech?)
It's GOTta be worth living!
Doensn't it?
But for it to be, you must find a (one or more) reason(s).
The micro far outnumbers the macro. Stop and consider them. Slow down. Bend at the knees if you must. Breathe.
Release Goliath and just be David
worthless compared to what? The question seems to presume an absolute value of worth.
And worthless to whom? Isn't worth defined by how much someone will pay for it? How much is a roasted squirrel worth to a starving man? I'd probably pay someone to get rid of it for me.
Told by a fool, signifying nothing.
I have come to the conclusion that only certain men can see the human race for what it is at the end of the day. It takes a special person. It also takes a special person who can close his newspaper after reading that 3,000 troops or what have you have just been blown up and continue on with his day as if nothing happened. Not giving anything a second thought.
Last edited by ihavebrownhaira; 02-23-2009 at 12:04 PM. Reason: Everybodys looking for the sun. People strain their eyes to see, but I see you and you see me.
Continuing on with one's day is not the same as not giving anything a second thought. What would be an appropriate reaction in your book? should that newspaper reader start bawling and take a day off because he can't bear the thought of the 3,000 killed troops? That would have nothing to do with sympathy or respect for the troops and everything with self-pity on that bloke's part. Or should he jump off a bridge out of sympathy? How would that help anyone? It won't bring back the dead or make the world a better place. Again, this would be pure self-indulgence, because by committing suicide, the bloke can escape the evils of this world rather than facing up to them.
Just because people go on with their daily life doesn't mean they don't care about anything. Imagine everyone would plunge into a depression or kill themselves whenever something goes wrong in some part of the world... In that case every member of the human race would have to suffer from continuous depressions or do suicide ten times over. This is absurd.
I know this is clichéd, but there are people in poor countries who have nothing more than a hut and just about enough food and they are happy anyway.
By the way, no one ever said it's easy to be happy. It's even harder to be happy and at the same time NOT ignorant about what's going on in the world. It takes a lot of effort. In my humble opinion, negative, cynical people are just lazy and prefer whining to getting off their @rse. Most of those people have only themselves to blame because they prefer self-pity to making an effort. But on the other hand they are too cowardly to do the world a favour and shoot themselves. They'd rather moan and groan and get on everyone's nerves. Sorry, I didn't mean this personally. I was just talking about cynical people in general.
Anyways, if you really have an inferiority complex, do something that you are NOT good at. Doing things we are NOT good at makes us confident. E.g. I hate jogging, but I do it anyway and it makes me feel great.
By the way? How old did you say you were? 18? You probably won't like to hear this, but most people feel the way you do when they're 18. It's called adolescence. I felt this way when I was 18 and I didn't like it. I didn't even like myself for feeling this way. I'm glad I've grown up, even though at that time I was positive that I'd always feel this way and there was no alternative.
Maybe even old jon and Uncle Virgil felt depressed, alienated, cynical, doomed, whatever when they were 18?
Anyways, feeling that the human race is worthless does NOT make you special. So you might as well cut the cr@p
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Drink the prunes and drink the tea run to the toilet one two three.
Last edited by ihavebrownhaira; 02-24-2009 at 01:40 PM.
ihavebrownhaira,
You are somebody. A human being. Just like me, him, her, and that other guy. There must be something of value beneath that pessimistic crust of yours. Trust me; there has to be.
Put a smile on, will ya?
com-pas-sion (n.) [ME. & OFr. <LL. (Ec.) compassio, sympathy < compassus, pp. of compati, to feel pity < L. com-, together + pali, to suffer] sorrow for the sufferings or trouble of another or others, accompanied by an urge to help; deep sympathy; pity
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I agree with Dori here. Everyone has something to add to the human race. If you think positive it catches on believe me,ihavebrownhaira,
You are somebody. A human being. Just like me, him, her, and that other guy. There must be something of value beneath that pessimistic crust of yours. Trust me; there has to be.
Put a smile on, will ya?
I am back............................
It is important to not compare your work with others. As a Lit-Netter, this is a lesson of first importance. Your style will never be comparable to another's . trust me, it is apple and oranges (and worms). Focus on your past efforts instead and thrive in this way. You're 18. Watch yourself grow and flourish across a lifetime. that is more interesting than living in the shadows of others
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