What do you want out of life?

[isidro]

In two sentences or less.

Me?

Love, life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and a clear conscience. A little salmon sushi and hot chocolate wouldn't hurt, either.

[DanielBenoit]

Too reductive. No idea what I want, but love is certainly one of the main needs, if not the need.
I just want to get out of life all I can before it's gone.

[Desolation]

What I want out of life in a nutshell: Intelligence, courage, willpower, writing ability, a small apartment, a great bookshelf, and a decently stocked kitchen.

[isidro]

You guys are so cool!

[Dark Muse]

Hey you left out world domination from the list *sighs* I know.....someday I will have to let go of that dream

[Maryd.]

Just love, I don't ask for much.

[Hurricane]

To do my own share of good for the world and have a blast doing it. Also, a house that contains both a pantry and a library.

[Shalot]

I voted love.

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[Annamariah]

I voted "love". I'd like to have a family of my own some day, a husband and maybe four children.

[Lokasenna]

I suppose... to be happy is all any of us really want from life.

[Niamh]

I suppose... to be happy is all any of us really want from life.

well said.
Good to see you online Loka! been a while.

[Scheherazade]

I believe one should always be in pursuit of happiness in life; otherwise, we would neither feel satisfied nor happy despite having found "love", "liberty", "fame" or whatnot.

[Lulim]

Oh, but don't you feel somehow unhappy or "unwhole" as long as you are hunting for happiness. I believe, you can't reach a state of happiness while pursuing it.

[Scheherazade]

Not really. I find that "happiness" is not a thing to be obtained and kept, unlike one's Ipod or diploma. We cannot reach a state of "satisfaction" and then expect it to remain there forever. If I don't work at nourishing and cultivating it, I lose it.

A cheesy simile... Happiness is, in my eyes, like a garden one keeps. If you don't work at it round the year, it is bound to go wild and lose its beauty.

I am not sure why working towards making one's self happy would make them "unwhole" either... Working towards a certain goal always makes me feel excited and alive.

[Lulim]

(...) A cheesy simile... Happiness is, in my eyes, like a garden one keeps. If you don't work at it round the year, it is bound to go wild and lose its beauty. (...)

That is quite a nice picture

Of course, happiness cannot be a constant state. Anyway, I believe I misinterpreted "pursue".