By: kitten the lover

kitten the lover — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:47:26 +0000

u guys are wierd well not u chief but fred is gay way guy says yay me and ima girl i know

By: chief

chief — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 21:19:27 +0000

actually dude, you were number 2, cuz I was number 1, and number 2 stinks.

By: fred

fred — Tue, 29 May 2007 06:48:56 +0000

I’m number 1 I’m first to leave a comment yay me

By: chief

chief — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 14:54:13 +0000

I have to disagree- I think the key to true happiness lays in being in between the two types of contentment you describe. To me there are two ‘worlds’ in life, there is the work-a-day world which is full of responsibilities, commitments and boring tasks we must accomplish. This world does not work well with risk taking and generally the best way to find contentment in this world is to establish a nice set of rules that keeps the boat from rocking too much. The other world is the one that exsists outside of the day to day grind- it is the world of endless possibilities and opportunities. The only limit to this world is NOT taking opportunities as they arise. You can deal with this world with an even keel approach, but the result is much like playing the nickle slots, the payoff will never be large and eventually you will go broke. This world responds much better to taking risks- taking that trip to BFE Africa, chasing the girl of your dreams, helping that stanger. In this world, nothing ventured, nothing gained, and more importantly, something ventured, nothing lossed but time, and what would you have done with that time anyway? You might still go broke playing big, but if you keep playing big, you will eventually win big. There are two key ideas here, first is that we need world one in order to fully participate in world two, it’s like making a deal with the devil in exchange for a shot at heaven. But the more important idea is that in order to find the satisfaction that comes from having both types of contentment, we need both worlds and their different rules. To live fully in either world all the time would drive one mad. The tricks are that you need to be versitial enough to be able to switch gears when moving between worlds, to keep the two world seperate for the most part, and to not get stuck in one mode. The classic trap is that we get caught up in the work-a-day world and stop taking risks in the other world, and that is when that feeling of emptiness starts creeping into our souls.

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